№ 329. Nothing Gold Can Stay

Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963

Nature’s first green is gold, 

Her hardest hue to hold. 

Her early leaf’s a flower; 

But only so an hour. 

Then leaf subsides to leaf. 

So Eden sank to grief, 

So dawn goes down to day. 

Nothing gold can stay.

№ 328.Lies, Lies and More Lies 2

To rebuild belief in the power and value of truth, we can’t dodge its complexity. Truths can be and often are difficult to understand, discover, explain, verify. They are also disturbingly easy to hide, distort, abuse or twist. Often we cannot claim with any certainty to know the truth. We need to take stock of the various kinds of real and supposed truths out there and understand how to test their authenticity.

№ 327. Lies, Lies and More Lies

If fiction is the lie that tells us the truth, what truth can we get from fake news, false memes and other propaganda feeds?

№ 326. Design of the Decades

His proposals:

1. Transparency
2. Accountability
3. Rethink / Redesign

№ 325. Escher Tuesday

They called off work. Its typhoon Tuesday. After getting up 530 am and haling, Uber quickly for work, passing flooded streets, I learned that SC twitted the suspension order. No work. I stayed in the office until nine and just browsed the web and waited for the rain to die down.

Here's what I came across: