Jan 15Elon, geeks will ruin the world if unchecked, not save itNot much more to say, other than I called it over 6 years ago! Below is the blog I wrote. My sentiment at the time was that he’s smart, just not that much smarter than the rest of us. Steve Jobs said basically the same thing, the biggest difference between…Elon Musk1 min readElon Musk1 min read
Jan 3A love/hate affair with discoBeing somewhere between non-binary and trans, I have ambivalent feelings about disco. People love the trans/queer part of me, but they don’t particularly like, or relate to the Straight White Dude part of me, which is dying and on his last legs — now he’s only useful for making money…Disco6 min readDisco6 min read
Jan 3Walk me through this — why crypto currency?Many of us have a tendency to look at Technologies without considering the Use Cases and the associated Workflows (i.e. walk us through what people do with it). This determines success (in the long term) What are the Crypto currencies (e.g. Bitcoin) use cases: A speculative investment: Buy low, hold…Cryotocurrency2 min readCryotocurrency2 min read
Nov 13, 2022God is non-binaryAnd that scares the Bejesus out of a lot of people. Thus, they can’t ever really know God. OK….well what do I mean by “God”. The biggest loaded question you can ask somebody is “Do you believe in God?”. It’s hard to answer that question accurately, or even at all…God3 min readGod3 min read
Nov 2, 2022So many variations of transOne of the most difficult parts of describing yourself as trans person is it often confuses a lot of people who aren’t familiar with this world, or it confuses those who are but have different opinions about terminologies or labels. I found this graphic on the following website to describe…Transgender8 min readTransgender8 min read
Sep 22, 2022Democracy 101 — it requires engagementI used to be a lobbyist and I find myself constantly having to remind people how democracy really works. So I figured I would write it down. “Organized Greed is more effective than disorganized democracy”. …Democracy4 min readDemocracy4 min read
Jul 4, 2022Happy Birthday — this is our countryI have to keep reminding myself that no matter what happens in the upcoming elections over the next few years or what various Media folks say, this is our country. I wonder what this means, for example: The power of the individual states will be more important? To uphold/create laws…2 min read2 min read
Feb 28, 2022Wow, this takes the cake about human self-centered delusionHumans vast intelligence is eclipsed by one thing: Our capacity to delude ourselves when it puts us at the center of attention or power Even the most intelligent people included WOW! I can’t believe the number of people supporting and cheering on Putin or criticizing our government at this time…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
Jan 15, 2022I hate Engineering but so much less BSI started my career as a hardware engineer, then software engineer, then complex system design. It was a good career at first, but then I started hating it. I got to really hate geeks. Firstly, a male monoculture, almost no women. (I was a straight man at the time). Secondly…Gaslighting4 min readGaslighting4 min read
Sep 23, 2021“An Ugly Truth, Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination”.I recently finished reading the book “An Ugly Truth, Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination”. My top line takeaways: Zuck isn’t evil, he’s just an uber nerd who has zero interest or knowledge in “society”. He doesn’t want to be evil and has many of the same concerns as us regular…Facebook2 min readFacebook2 min read