Cyreenik Editorial index ... Science and Insight index
The Mystery of the Rise and Fall of Boom Communities -- Communities boom and bask in glory. That makes sense... but why do they then fall? That's a mystery. (Nov 12)
Alien Concept: Growing the Resource Pie -- This is something human instinctive thinking just does not grasp. (Aug 12)
The Curse of Being Important - If you want to kill an idea, make it important! (Oct 09)
Surprising Symbiotes: Social Justice Promotes Corporate Greed -- Who fires the demand for "rock star" CEO's? The people demanding social justice! (Nov 11)
The Creation of Pillars of Faith -- From practical to Pillar of Faith. (Mar 12)
Collectivism is back! ...and BAD!: The Wisconsin State Budget Battle -- The MIT alum "blogathon" favorite on Linked-In for two years and 20,000 comments! (Feb 11)
The Mystery of the Rise and Fall of Boom Communities -- Communities boom and bask in glory. That makes sense... but why do they then fall? That's a mystery. (Nov 12)
Thoughts on Cleveland -- In the 1960's Cleveland was The Best Location in the Nation. In the 2010's it's The Mistake on the Lake. What happened? (Mar 10)
The Importance of "I built this." to "Gold Age Commerce" -- Why do Golden Age Commerce eras end? These people are clearly winning, why give it up? (Oct 12)
The issue of "encrusting" -- Encrusting is an easy way to lose flexibility for dealing with lean times. Watch out for it! (Nov 12)
The Importance of the Image of "What we are." -- Avoiding the "Midwest Disease". (Jan 12)
Alien Concept: Growing the Resource Pie -- This is something human instinctive thinking just does not grasp. (Aug 12)
What the World War Two "Reset" Did to Solve the Great Depression -- If we want to get growing again, we need to change our "national attention". (Aug 12)
The Fight Between Entrepreneurship and Instinct -- The human experience has brought something alien to our planet! Ahhgh! It's the Incredible Growing Resource Pie! Run for your lives... towards it! (Aug 12)
The Cost of Confidence -- We have an instinct to trust confident people. Instinct... umm... Watch out! (Apr 11)
The Purpose of General Education: Teaching Analysis -- We all benefit the more everyone learns the skill of analytic thinking. (Aug 11)
The Immigrant Experience and Education -- People who move away from home to collect a paycheck get educated, too. Is there a way to add this "immigrant experience" to the formal education system? (Nov 12)
Learning by Reading and Learning by Watching -- Is it different? You bet! (Nov 10)
Thoughts on what's coming in the Investment Markets -- It was inconceivable... in its literal meaning! (Aug 11)
The Dark Side of "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda" -- The sequel to "It's Inconceivable". We ask too much of terrorist security, and pay for it with lost liberty. (Oct 10)
Enfranchisement, Crime and Gangs -- If enfranchisement is down, crime is up. (Oct 09)
The Curse of Being Important - If you want to kill an idea, make it important! (Oct 09)
Thoughts on Human Enjoyment of Altering Consciousness - And of others judging it. (Apr 09)
An Annotated Example of Roger Thinking about a criminal tragedy (Dec 09)
Blind Spots in American Thinking -- We care, we spend, we get grief not relief. (Mar 10)
Thoughts on Health Care -- The Curse of the Patronized Patient (Feb 10)
Arm-long Itemized Bills: A Symptom of Over-Regulation -- If a provider produces an arm's-length itemized bill, it's a sign that too many people are interested in this transaction. (Apr 10)
Social Justice and the Work Environment -- A case study of when Good Intentions fight Enfranchisement. (Aug 12)
Green Paradise? Welcome back to the Third World! -- An unintended consequence of making the CBD (Central Business District) neighborly and eco-friendly. (Jun 12)
Thoughts on the benefits of outsiders being concerned about sweatshop labor conditions -- A case study in unintended consequences. (May 12)
Surprising Symbiotes: Social Justice Promotes Corporate Greed -- Who fires the demand for "rock star" CEO's? The people demanding social justice! (Nov 11)
A Progressive Thinking Blind Spot: Paying Workers for Enduring and Risking -- Why shouldn't enduring and risking be employable qualities like lifting and office equipment skills? (Jul 11)
Collectivism is back! ...and BAD!: The Wisconsin State Budget Battle -- The MIT alum "blogathon" favorite on Linked-In for two years and 20,000 comments! (Feb 11)
The Creation of Pillars of Faith -- From practical to Pillar of Faith (Mar 12)
Thoughts on what makes a good transportation system -- A good transportation net is a transparent transportation net. (Dec 11)
Regulation Cap and Trade -- If Cap and Trade is good for controlling hot air in the environment, how about using it to control hot air in the government? (Oct 11)
Thoughts on Job Creation and Destruction -- If you don't want someone doing a particular commercial activity in your community don't pay them to do it. (Sep 11)
Putting a Check on "Exclusive Club Mentality" with Conscription -- One way to fight delusion in organizations with high barriers to entry. (Sep 12)
Thoughts on Mortality -- Why do multi-cellular organisms grow old and die? It's for a good reason! (May 10)
Thoughts on the Differences Between Art and Craft in Acting (Sep 09)
The Kurzweil Blog -- In which I discuss my thoughts as I read Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near". (May 11)
The Hayek Blog -- In which I discuss my thoughts as I read Friedrich Hayek's "Road to Serfdom". (Oct 10)
Thoughts on Ethical Issues -- A series of essays inspired by taking a philosophy course in the summer of 2010. (June 10)
Thoughts on Japan's Lost Decade -- How lost was it? Is America going to lose the 2010's? (Jan 10)
Thoughts on the upcoming US-Pakistan divorce -- It will be ugly. (Dec 11)
Thoughts on the Bank Trading Desk Scandals -- The losers make news, where are the winners? (Sep 11)
Civilians Can't Try Terrorists? What Hooey! -- A thinking scar from 9-11. (Oct 09)
The story of a sad little phone number -- A tale of technology abuse. (Aug 11)