Category Archives: Insights

How Email, Twitter, Facebook Can Keep You From Dying

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Bruce Keener

All across the world, and especially the US, nursing homes and hospice centers are overflowing with people who just will not die. They are saying I can’t die yet! I’ve still got unread email and tweets and Facebook messages! Sound … Continue reading →

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Good Fiction Books Can Improve Your Mindfulness

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Bruce Keener

I recently read an article suggesting that reading fiction is good for you. While it made good points, my initial reaction was “I see plenty of fiction on TV, including the presidential debates and all the other political nonsense from … Continue reading →

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Instead of Fighting “Normal,” Model Genius [Mindfulness]

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Bruce Keener

Have you noticed the plethora of books and articles being written on how irrational, emotional, and easy-to-trick the human mind is? There are books like Predictably Irrational, Thinking, Fast and Slow, and How We Decide, and it seems like every … Continue reading →

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David Foster Wallace on “This is Water”

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Bruce Keener

In 2005, David Foster Wallace gave the commencement speech at Kenyon College. Entitled “This is Water,” it is something I like to listen to about once a year, or as needed. I recommend that you also schedule the twenty minutes … Continue reading →

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Waste Not

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Bruce Keener

In reading in the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John this morning, I came upon the story of the feeding of the 5,000 from a few loaves and a couple of fish. I almost skipped over it, but decided … Continue reading →

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Google’s CEO on Competition

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Bruce Keener

A recent Bloomberg Businessweek interview with Google’s CEO, Larry Page, closed with Page saying the following: For a lot of companies, it’s useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally … Continue reading →

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Highly Informed versus Well Informed

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Bruce Keener

From Clay Johnson’s recent New York Times interview: … I began to realize that there is a distinction between very highly informed and being well informed. That distinction made me think about the relationship of news to food and the … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Sin

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Bruce Keener

One thing I try to accomplish with this blog is to remind you, and me, that we need to take time to THINK. Hand in hand with this is my belief that if you always think about the same things, … Continue reading →

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A Simple Man’s Views on Obamacare [Ends and Means]

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Bruce Keener

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will soon hear arguments for and against the health insurance mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare) and is expected to make a decision in … Continue reading →

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Measuring Your Life

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Bruce Keener

I’ve noticed that several people on Twitter have posted about Stephen Wolfram’s The Personal Analytics of My Life. Mr. Wolfram’s analysis of his lifetime of email, appointments, and accumulated files is indeed fascinating, as one would expect from a genius. … Continue reading →

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