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I sit Sunday morning in my mustard writing chair observing the mahogany stained bookshelf on my right. On it sits a compilation of a works ranging from medical reference titles to The Godfather and The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel, a non-fiction work about the man behind the eponymous engine. Amongst the titles is a…

The Gilded Age, defined as the late 1870’s to early 1900’s, was the United States’ first era of excess. Following the Civil War, the technological advancements made during the early Industrial Revolution were now becoming commercialized, most notably electricity, oil, and steel production. Along with this rapid expansion came unprecedented levels of wealth best memorialized…

We are suffering just now from a bad attack of economic pessimism. It is common to hear people say that the epoch of enormous economic progress which characterized the twentieth century is over; that the rapid improvement in the standard of life is now going to slow down – at any rate in the United…

Last week’s piece left two open questions: The answers to these questions are inexplicably connected. To demonstrate, we will answer them in reverse order. The Brain’s Two-Phase Development It is extremely rare to hear the term “late” contextualized positively. In many cases, appropriately so; but in others, perhaps we’ve been misled. Neurological development is a…

If an individual had the following resume, how would you view them: University of California-Berkely: B.A. Economics, Minor in Mathematics and Philosophy Harvard Business School: MBA Harvard Business School: Youngest Assistant Professor in College’s History (24) US Air Force: Captain Ford Motor Company: 15 Years Executive Management, including CEO United States Government: Secretary of Defense,…

It hit me while at Phoenix Airport this week it’s been three weeks since publishing a piece: couple reasons for that. First, I’ve been traveling or have hosted travelers each of the past three weekends. As much I enjoy these experiences, they cut into the hours needed to produce quality writing. Second, and what I’ll…

We begin this week’s piece with our two favorite psychoanalysts – Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Both these individuals contributed significantly to the theories surrounding dream interpretation. More than anything, they transformed this mystical, misunderstood pseudoscience into a psychological one which could be studied. However, their overall perspectives on dreams differed greatly. Freud’s Theory on…

This past weekend, my parents paid a visit to my new home in Charlotte, NC. We were walking through South End in the shadow of repurposed red-brick factories and modern steel and glass monsters. It was in this setting my dad posed an interesting question: Knowing what you know now, if you could go back…

My current role is the second consulting one I’ve had. It’s going well, much better than my first foray and failure in early 2020. A minor reason for that failure was the global pandemic. The major reason was my inexperience navigating the politics of consulting. My assumption was anybody who hired a consultant was seeking…

“Opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one,” said some crass old man I encountered. Medium aside, the message is sound. We’ll examine the nuances of developing opinions in another piece. As for this one, we’re going to discuss the equally important process of developing taste. You‘ve Already Started Developing Taste Whether you realize it or…