Once upon a time, in a land not very far, far away, for real bro, Jesus announces to the world, “I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Returning to the Underworld with this news is a frantic young demon. He rushes into…

“Science advances one funeral at a time.” “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair “Science advances one funeral at a time.”— Economist Paul Samuelson, attributed to Planck, 1975 Newsweek “We must wait for an entire…

Correlation or Causation? Statistically, scientifically there is NO chance one’s choice of work environment is not a key factor. See post on LinkedIn

Russell Brand and Michael Peters conversation…“What IS this thing called “Community” or “church” or “christianity”? What did Jesus say it is, and how did he live it? And how did those he trained personally live it? YouTube Short:https://lnkd.in/ej4jQsmw Jesus, Y’shua said, “I myself will build my church, my community, my…

“Normal” peeps try to figure out how to “compete”. But, going after the SOUL of the future, not the now? That is a risky way to live: to “put the puck where we are going to be”— instead of where we are.  I know, right?! It’s bad manners to mix…

Russell Brand and Michael Peters… Our lives need to be drawn up into Heaven LIFE. His Plan for the Healing and Change we all need. (Heb. 3:12-13) SystemOrEcosystem.com, free book, audio book, pdf, or website. 154 countries in the first twenty weeks. The Times They Are a-Changin’. Let’s Go! Part…

Russell Brand and Michael Peters conversing last Thursday, discussing “on earth as it is in heaven” Quality of Life that Y’shua, Jesus showed us, and left us as His Gift. (Eph.2-4, Rom.12, 1Cor.12-14, Acts 2:36-47, John 13-15, 1John 1-4) Russell and Michael: https://lnkd.in/eVsPX7Nk Not religion, not the “Whisper Game” —…

The world is burning down. And in this video it is evident at how petty, spoiled, prideful, judgmental,and insulated from reality some can still be. Can we please grow up, and be part of the solution instead of more of the problem? We all, wounded healers, are meant to be…

What you can count is not all there is. The Fibonacci sequence is the simplest rule imaginable: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21… each number is just the sum of the two before it. That’s it. The ratio between two successive numbers converges to the golden ratio…

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And… How to Build an AI Agent from Scratch (With Working Code): https://lnkd.in/dP6r5gHb __________ Linas Beliūnas Huge: NVIDIA just put a gaming PC, an AI workstation, and a GPU server into a laptop thin enough to disappear in your bag 😳 For 30 years, the PC has been the same thing: Intel…

The world is burning down. 240,000 deaths per year in wars or violent conflicts between, or within nations. The most since World War II. Great uncertainty worldwide about the next month and year and decade, if there is that. 200 million people displaced from their homes. 300 million people, women,…

This is how we roll! So to speak. And the Tennessee Turf “mad scientist”—you go! Wow. Love it. The “Mad Scientist” is a Fox Den Country Club member in Farragut, TN, and therefore “partly” responsible for the greens that are absolutely impossible to read 🧐 (info courtesy of Phil Glasgow). The FIFA…

We’ve adopted Dick Tracy‘s watch, George Jetson‘s FaceTime… but whatever happened to “Shields up!” from Star Trek?! We forgot that one! __________ Tim De Zitter 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 A Russian fiber-optic FPV drone reportedly struck the Sumy Severnaya 330 kV electrical substation in northeastern Ukraine, manoeuvring through the site before hitting the…

AI helps solve the NIMBY.com (Not in MY Backyard!) problem—by facilitating collaboration with investors, community, government, media, developers and the whole gang — realtime. __________ Rinor Restelica An AI that scans the land in a matter of seconds and calculates the most efficient parking layout is just wonderful. We are transitioning from…

Well now! Maybe George Washington’s middle name now can be “Claude“ if we can force it to “not tell a lie.“ Claude? Did George Washington ever actually say he could not tell a lie? Mason Locke Weems’s biography The Life of Washington, was first published in 1800, shortly after Washington’s…

The “family office” began as a private operating system for wealth. We can trace the modern concept to John D. Rockefeller in the 1880s — a centralized team managing investments, taxes, trusts, philanthropy, businesses, and multigenerational legacy for one family. Over time, wealthy families realized something profound: Building wealth and…

“There is a God-shaped vacuum in every man’s heart.” “A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” —Blaise Pascal, child prodigy and polymath, and Winston Churchill. Pascal was inventor of the syringe, an early calculator to work on early taxes, the roulette wheel, probability theory, with major contributions to…

“Make it messy now; make it good later.” But, make it. While everyone else is whining or critiquing. Make it. SystemOrEcosystem.com __________ Rinor Restelica This image is worth a thousand words. The top photo is an early version of SpaceX’s rocket engines. It looks like a messy plumbing nightmare. Wires…

Clever use for good, or malicious misuse for personal gain or ideology— this has been the story of the dominant species on earth, since the beginning. __________ Gary Kucher A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale. TeamPCP has turned supply chain attacks into a near-weekly…

Iconic “Battle Cries” have often preceeded epic moments and a turn in history. In The Matrix, Neo says this before rocketing into the sky: “I know you’re out there.I can feel you now.I know that you’re afraid.You’re afraid of us.You’re afraid of change. “I don’t know the future.I didn’t come…

“Wisdom tooth removal” is safe. “Wisdom removal” from society, government, business, or family: not safe. __________ Diella Uka Everyone gets scared when they hear “wisdom tooth removal.”But in reality, it is usually one of the most planned and controlled procedures in dentistry. Before removing a wisdom tooth, the dentist carefully…

The winningest NASCAR driver in history, like Kobe Bryant, made the finish line at the young age of 41. Kyle is pictured here praying with his family before a recent race. See post on LinkedIn

Three Quotations, “worthy of full acceptation.“ “You will be free once you realize- the cage was made of thoughts.Not walls. Not fate.Not even your past.” “Every generation has its purpose.Ours is to reveal the truth and reverse the brainwashing.” “You can silence 50 scholars with one fact.But you can’t silence…

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal brought this book to the forefront for consideration: how do two very different ideologies compare: “What if Karl Marx wasn’t merely an economist or revolutionary theorist, but an eschatologist—someone who didn’t abolish the Christian drama of redemption but relocated it within the realm…

What a surprise. Entertainment over actual life. “Social” media is no longer statistically “social” at all. It has been hijacked by “influencers” and by entertainment. The claims of “digital relationships” as a reasonable substitute for in-person relationships, can’t even make that concept work anymore. Or, as the BBC dubbed it,…

Wise words (and reasonable golf) from the great Carmine (and Vanessa) Gallo! Simple messaging was a pillar of Cerebras’ brand positioning ahead of its blockbuster IPO. During a CNBC interview on the day Cerebras went public, CEO Andrew Feldman was asked a basic question: “What does your company do?” The simple…

What is way BIGGER than Politics, even in DC? Real Golf, 3.3 miles from where I sit at this moment! Google says nine minutes away. I’d say 30 minutes. But still! “It’s Pebble Beach quality land in terms of environment, in terms of setting,” he said. “The president’s idea is…

Business decisions never-ever happen in a vacuum. We love to talk about ROI, KPIs, and strategy. It’s easy to talk about such things that only work 70% of the time, but the system gives us emotional comfort. And yet, your balance sheet and P&L Statements are being written by forces…

“Say it ain’t so, Joe Schrödinger!” This may be the biggest breakthrough since… well, I’m imagining I’m speechless. Can I get my Modern Physics, Quantum Mechanics tuition back for that quarter?! Can you work on that for me, Dr. Patsy Brackin ? 🙄 And congrats on getting the the BSc Mechanical Engineering Rugrats…

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” The Built Environment and Harvard Graduate School of Design are mentioned in the same breath, worldwide. As “Expert in Residence” and other titles, at the GSD for years, I know something about this topic, as did the likely origin of this quote:…

Next time you encounter a “pain in the neck“ in life, remember the Wise words of the post below: “Sometimes it’s not that simple!“ 🥴 __________ Sustained Wellness Most people think neck pain is just stiffness in one area… But sometimes, it’s not that simple. It looks like this. We break…

Insider Hoops Duscussion — DreamTeam Confidence. https://lnkd.in/e4Cjws_9 See post on LinkedIn

Starting to restore visible Ecosystem Eden-Life will win more atheists, PhD scientists, GenZ, bored old people, and billionaires, than all the sermons and programs and services in a millennium of Sunday-attendances could ever dream of winning. It’s MORE, not less. Additive, not Subtractive. It’s Life, not right or wrong. It…

Wisdom. 🥳 __________ Alvin Foo Legendary financial advice 😂 See post on LinkedIn

We are launching satellites at record rates, while traffic rules remain stuck in the past. A new RAND report warns that this “Wild West” approach will lead to collisions and downtime in places we cannot afford to have downtime. It’s just a matter of time. Read article See post on…

“He said, Xi said.” Some meetings produce meeting minutes. Others produce momentum. Some meetings exchange information. Others rearrange reality. The one thing you can know about these two guys is that neither is particularly content with ceremonial pleasantries. There’s always an angle. There’s always a polite excavation for leverage or…

How can Iran do 7000-times more daily financial damage than by shutting off oil transport in the Strait of Hormuz? They just did it. Iran is sitting alongside of $10 trillion a day, above and beyond the $1.6 billion a day by impeding oil and LNG shipments through the Strait.…

Fascinating study… Since “It’s not good for man to be alone,” the Plan, SystemOrEcosystem.com, organic community, makes all the more sense. Culture, Covid, and technology have changed the landscape of all things related to human relationships.  What do we believe the result has been, and will yet be, on this trajectory?…

What-what?! The Camel’s hump is NOT a water bottle?! 😎 __________ Ken Kuang How does a camel survive without water for weeks? Contrary to the popular myth that their humps are filled with water, camels rely on a sophisticated suite of biological adaptations to survive for weeks in arid conditions. 1.…

Like micro-plastics, Smart Phone use 6 hours a day, and 1000 other topics, our “go to” is always what we find most enjoyable or comfortable or socially acceptable. Consequences? Oh well, that will keep. https://lnkd.in/eh7QX7AF See post on LinkedIn

https://lnkd.in/evpAzpAe https://lnkd.in/ecrQj6jw Each wound, each slander, each delayEach sorrow unforeseenMay be the chisels in the Master’s handTo break what stands betweenThe systems to preserve one’s selfBurn down beneath His flameTill deep cries out, at last, to DeepAnd faith becomes His Name We were born for such a time as thisNo…

Sooooo…. This is a “Call“ for a “Put Option“? Interesting, interesting days we are in. The “Futures“ are uncertain, to put it mildly. __________ Jurrien Timmer It was another eye-opening week in the markets. Q1 earnings season went “vertical” in a way that I have never seen before. We typically see this…

Good news from one of my favorite memories and places… https://lnkd.in/eRYdwvm5 See post on LinkedIn

I’m sure you had the same first thought I did: Why isn’t Palantir on this list? Because they are the armored vehicle—and the “elite eight” are the F1 engines under the hood. Palantir is the operating system and integrator for this entire stack.The “Eight” are providing the high-performance engines (the…

An incredible AI use case opportunity: FedEx. FedEx moves over 16 million packages a day across 220 countries. Every scan, route change, and failed delivery attempt generates data. To be precise, two petabytes of it. Daily. For 50 years, the company’s advantage was physical and operational, with 700 aircraft, 200,000+…

What happens to a person who puts down their Smart Phone? They finally return to being Smart. The researcher’s final conclusion was blunt: “He returned to baseline.” He returned to life.  A cognitive scientist who interviewed him said the shocking part wasn’t calmness – it was the return of deep-time…

I am very much looking forward to returning to my undergrad alma mater, #RoseHulman Institute of Technology,Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for their Capstone Project presentations. Let’s Go! https://lnkd.in/euDWXvXH See post on LinkedIn

“The stones used to stone the prophets are later used to build altars honoring those same prophets.” -Jeff Bezos (paraphrased from Luke 11, Matthew 23, and Jeff) Systems often sanitize and celebrate what they once resisted and demonized. Once the System is back in control, once the System leaders’ pride,…