1960 sci fi novel Dorsai imagines a future world where humans have interstellar transportation, but messages can only be sent once a day and combat communication is via whistles and hand signals. I also have been reading Battlefield Earth, the poorly written sci fi novel that started Scientology. It also imagines a future with interstellar travel and nearly free energy, but communication is via handwritten letters and other very slow methods.… read more “Sci fi imaginings”

Every single property I have worked on in both Eastern WA and Western WA has triggered these scam cultural resources surveys.… read more “WA State Cultural Resources Survey Scam / Bribe”

We just finished the tee ball season! I coached so the little guy could play on the older team with his brother and sister.

Step away from the screen for a second and look around. What do you see? Real people. Diverse bodies. Flaws, quirks, and genuine smiles.

Now, unlock a teenager’s phone or turn on the television. What do they see? An elite, hyper-curated 0.1% of the most genetically blessed people on Earth—except they’ve also been Photoshopped, filtered, and smoothed out by AI.… read more “The Invisible Crisis Crushing Our Girls”

Few things in life are as impressive as massed rocket artillery.

Donald Trump has suffered 4 in person assassination attempts, the most of any American President in history. Abraham Lincoln, also a Republican targeted by the far left, is tied for second place with Gerald Ford.

What about Trump is different than other Presidents? Why have so many people tried to murder him? Why does he inspire such insane hatred?… read more “Record: Most Assassination Attempts”

We cage our children in sterile classrooms for seven hours a day and wonder why they are not turning out well (Research links in the first comment). Modern education operates on a broken assumption that kids learn best by listening to lectures and filling out worksheets. Science and history prove the exact opposite. Children crave reality, and they possess a hunger to participate in the adult world.… read more “Ditch the classroom: Why your kid needs an apprenticeship”

He opens right away in his prologue that people have Pessimism Aversion, basically sticking their heads in the sand to ignore the reality that one person can use DNA tools to kill a billion people or that AI has the potential to far surpass human intelligence and go in its own direction that leads to mass death.… read more “The Coming Wave”