Randal B. Adcock

Bait and Switch Politics is Nothing New

Of course, people who want power and influence tell you what you want to hear. Its called seduction. They don’t want to create a new enemy. They already have an enemy in mid for you, you know who it is, and they’re going to protect you from that enemy. Its mutually advantageous for both leftContinue reading “Bait and Switch Politics is Nothing New”

Still

Dear Diary:All systems break down from too much noise, information that can’t be meaningfully interpreted and managed.When change is too frequent for reaction.When there are too many moving parts to track.When the linkages and consequences are too long and diverse to monitor.When learning curves are endless and not recyclable, and skills and knowledge are thenContinue reading “Still”

Being and Knowing

God, by any other name, would smell as sweet. What is, is. The map is not the terrain. Ours is to explore and discover, with progressive approximation while being as one with all. It is all self-knowledge. — Meanderings of a mad man.

Castle of My Dreams

I was drawn from my tent into the long shadowing woods by the seductive melody of the Evening Thrush. The trees, tall and strong, form a quiet canopy over the old dirt road. The still and echoing forest is greater than the sum of its trees to resonate the verb. The dirt road propelled myContinue reading “Castle of My Dreams”

Now and Forever

It was night forever. It seemed to never end. And it was completely dark too. And cold. Very cold. I remember that. There was lots of time to think about things. But there was little to contemplate. Infinity. Eternity. Coldness. And then infinite eternal cold. Suddenly and magically, it finally was dawn. The light wasContinue reading “Now and Forever”

Universal Information Architecture

I think our imaginations are being stretched to the point where we can begin to believe anything is possible. The web connecting billions of people you don’t know is a fire-hose of information that overwhelms our cognitive capacities and sends us into shock, further reducing our capacity to manage information. Is there a way out?ThisContinue reading “Universal Information Architecture”

Practise! There is still more…

Dear Diary:Practice makes perfect.As I explore the universe I realize that meanings run out to infinity, as force fields dissipate into oblivion. Is there a sharp line between the concrete and the abstract?No. It is a continuum from perception to perfection, with an asymptote at either end progressing toward the ultimate reality-in-itself, but never reachingContinue reading “Practise! There is still more…”

June 2076

Under extreme duress, such as the shock of a global pandemic, or a world war, the individual of homo sapiens sapiens will surrender its personal intelligence to join a collective intelligence, and surrender its will to the collective will. This is a pattern repeated throughout nature and generally serves a species well in the longerContinue reading “June 2076”

Use Long-Term Memory or Lose it!

Problem: As we get busier and more distracted, we lose more long-term memory, capacity for recall, and even collective memory. This is because, in order to increase our pace to keep up with change, we are constantly practicing and reinforcing quick intuitive and instinctive thinking, while avoiding deliberation. Deliberation is slow and takes effort, butContinue reading “Use Long-Term Memory or Lose it!”

Stress

Stress is drive. Too little stress and nothing gets done. Too much and you collapse. You want the Goldie Locks zone where your stress level is optimum for performance. Manage your stress level or you may enter a vicious circle – at some tipping point additional stress reduces your capacity to manage stress. Stress makesContinue reading “Stress”