 Cultural Osmosis
by Kernon Gibes
My sister-in-law was giving an IQ test to my daughter. You know — the usual sort of battery of questions. Nothing unusual or interesting about it, I suppose. She had to explain what various words meant, or repeat back a series of numbers from memory, or detail how two things were similar or dissimilar. Occas... (Read more...)
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 Spellbound
by Kernon Gibes
In case you didn't know, "Spellbound" isn't the name of a 'me too' movie trying to capitalize on the laurels of "Lord of the Rings" or, for that matter, "Harry Potter". It is a documentary on the national spelling bee of 1999. And it's worth seeing. (Read more...)
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December 19, 2002 |
 Debasing the Currency of Communication
by Kernon Gibes
Do bad actions debase good actions? Kernon tackles the economics of ethical currency. (Read more...)
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November 28, 2002 |
The Emperor's Club: A Review
by Kernon Gibes
Seen a good movie recently? Perhaps you should fit this one into your holiday schedule, according to Kernon Gibes. The review does contain spoilers.... (Read more...)
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Russian Dolls
by Kernon Gibes
Whether or not a woman should be legally barred from holding a job is not merely a matter of taste... (Read more...)
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 Cogs in Whose Wheel?
by Kernon Gibes
Viewing people as cogs in a wheel is a dangerous distortion, for when the wheel breaks, the cogs will not happily be stuffed back into place... (Read more...)
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Management of, by, and for the Numbers
by Kernon Gibes
It's been a long and frustrating day. The plant is waiting on your analysis to troubleshoot a manufacturing problem. The delay will impact product supply, but you're having problems with your computer. The software keeps crashing. You call, Hal, the only computer person assigned to your site. But he can't help you unless he has an authorization number. (Read more...)
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 The Only Possible Premise
by Kernon Gibes
Ayn Rand admonished people to check their premises. And it has been said that she would have a visceral reaction to a statement because she could uncoil the chain of logic suspending the conclusion, finding the loose link in a lightening fast fashion. (Read more...)
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Rockets Red Tape
by Kernon Gibes
It's a magnificent sight. For some, nothing else comes close. Even the most ardent anti-government program free market radical often has a soft spot for it. Ayn Rand did. What is it? (Read more...)
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 Of Heretics and Pagans
by Kernon Gibes
It's a curious thing. You might think that if you were, say, running a discussion group or choosing places to speak at, that you'd be more interested in people at least somewhat sympathetic to your positions than those diametrically opposed. For example, if you were going to have people "sign" a loyalty oath, would you -- as an avowed Objectivist -- be more concerned about closet communists or lurking libertarians? Is it naïve to think it would be the former? (Read more...)
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