Thinking out Loud — Maybe we DO build ‘that’
By SHARON K. GILBERT WE HAVE all heard the words of President Obama repeated again and again (ad nauseum methinks) about whether or not entrepreneurs actually ‘build’ their businesses. With that in mind, bear with me while I take you, gentle reader, on a tour of the workings not onlyContinue Reading
Molecular Babylon, Part II – Gathering the World to Improve the Species
This is the second in a planned series – read Part I here. By SHARON K. GILBERT THE GAMES of the IV Olympiad opened in London on April 27, 1908. Though this marked the fifth time that ‘the world’ had gathered in the modern recreation of the ancient Greek competition,Continue Reading
Molecular Babylon, Part I: Can Olympic Aspirations Beget Superhumans?
Since these world ‘games’ are touted as being a unification of the world countries in one place, with one dream, one cause (I’ll save the analysis of that Babylonian redux and its spiritual motives for another essay), why should numbers matter? Isn’t the whole point to share a friendly rivalry in peace? Of course it isn’t the point! Every country wants to take home the gold, and denying it is pointless.Continue Reading