Swarthmore College Professor Barry Schwartz published an op-ed in last Sunday’s New York Times entitled, “Rethinking Work.” The essay begins by noting that a “survey last year found that almost 90 percent of workers were either “not engaged” with or “actively disengaged” Continue reading Rethinking Work
I have written previously (here and here) about the impending death of the great author and neurologist Oliver Sacks. Now his death is no longer impeding. Continue reading Oliver Sacks Died This Morning
I have written previously about the impending death of the great neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. Recently he published another moving piece in the New York Times. Continue reading Essays of the Dying: More From Oliver Sacks
In his recent article, “Why Techno-Optimism Is Dangerous,” the philosopher Nicholas Agar argues that we not should pursue radical human enhancement Continue reading The Supposed Dangers of Techno-Optimism
My wife and I on August 9, 1980
I was married 35 years ago today. My wife and I were both 25 years old, young enough to believe that we had unending time and continual joy in front of us. Continue reading 35th Wedding Anniversary