Fed Chairman Jerome Powell gave his annual Jackson Hole address last week. It’s almost assuredly his last one and is a fitting end to his tenure as it remained consistent with his personality and approach which is to be measured and flexible versus narcissistic and dogmatic.
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In acknowledgment of what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday on August 1st, the three Dead & Company concerts in Golden Gate Park honoring what would have been the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary, and the passing of Jerry Garcia on August 9th,
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I was talking to my daughter last week on a myriad of subjects and the topic of A.I. came up. She is a fantastic writer and has produced some incredible poetry, plays, short stories, and countless other amazing content. She was telling me how she constantly uses ChatGPT and it’s her new companion and she loves how she can interact with it and how it’s getting to know her.
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Last week I wrote about the power of finding a myth with which to identify. A myth is a dramatic, sweeping narrative that can be quite complex and involve many characters and plot twists. For some people this may be too involved or daunting to find an identifiable myth to help one contend with adversity and to conjure up the energy and motivation to stay the course and take calculated risks.
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I have been listening to Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections, and it reinforces for me the power of the subconscious in driving human behavior as well as the importance of myths to guide societies, cultures, and individuals. Joseph Campbell wrote The Power of Myth,
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With this week’s blog, I will inevitably get drawn into the morass of politics by reposting this tweet from X.
Ignoring the typo in which “is” should have been “his” the post made me wonder about the paradoxical intersection between intelligence and ignorance.
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I’m on a bit of a slippery slope here. I take pride in producing a weekly blog almost without fail for the past 12 years. There are times when I am scratching my head for ideas or not feeling super inspired to write.
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