Burning Thoughts Lookback at 2023
8 stories. Numerous articles on thinking, economics, and society.
Author: Robert Hamill
Reasoning by Analogy
Reasoning by analogy allows the arguer to skip details by starting at a higher level of abstraction.
Immortality
Immortality Banished from Earth, death had beenFor centuries, none had ventured to goNot a soul to heavenNot a spirit to riseUntil one day, Mother Earth…
Jungle Rope Solution
Create a test case which depends only the new feature and involves as little as possible of other tool features.
Natural Social Groups
In the ‘out group’, we interpret their behaviors sternly. If their choices are poor, it’s because they are lacking in a needed personality strength.
Constitution True-Up
Just like portfolios require rebalancing, our Constitution and government require adjustment to better handle challenges in a timely fashion.
