The Future is Going to be Surprising

The future is going to be surprising. Great inventions and creations are unexpected, they always come as a surprise. If you guarantee everything and try to control everything, these surprises don’t happen, and the future is bleak. - George Gilder 1 Great stories are always full of surprises. I just recently finished reading the second … Continue reading The Future is Going to be Surprising

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Much can be gleaned from watching some of these old movies made in days long passed. In a day when the present "pop" culture flaunts its self-destructive, all-consuming, fifteen-minutes-of-fame practices, with seemingly little concern for what will be passed on to future generations, it is striking to take a peek back just 75 to 100 … Continue reading Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)