evolution

Origins of Creative Genius

by Brian on 10-22-2007

in general

My modest proposal took me largely by surprise. I was trying to write about ‘general creativity,’ but didn’t like any of the results. My failed efforts eventually degenerated into introspective, ironic, circular little jokes; the essay turned into a story about itself – an ‘auto-bibliography’ as I sometimes call it – that had nowhere to [...]

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Benefits of bubbles and crunches

by Brian on 08-28-2007

in general

The panic surrounding subprime mortgages (among other things) recalls the mess made by the internet- and telecom-bubble in 2000. The comparison is more vivid to me because the former episode occurred at precisely the same moment I finished university – when my real education began. Now another graduation is happening, both in terms of my [...]

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