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Isaac Asimov has always been one of my favorite authors. Today he moved up a notch when I read this from him in 1980!
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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- Chapel Talk - May 7 2018
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- Understanding Entrepreneurship -- Part II -- New Beginnings
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- My Life in the Computer History Museum
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- No Mount Doom for You
- Kayak Sailing
- Only Mid Thigh
- Driving the West Coast
- Milford Sound
- Three Days on the Routeburn Track
- The Great Ocean Road
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- Wrapping up the RV Adventure
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- Taking a Break on a Rainy Afternoon
- Wardrobe Malfunction at the Hot Springs
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- No Easy Solutions
- Entrepreneurship and the Common Good
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- Day 178
- Happy Hour in Prague
- Summary of Azamara Cruise
- Cooking in Istanbul
- Evening Concert in Ephesus
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- Death March from Fira to Oia
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- Lake Como by Lake
- rest and relaxation on lake como
- saying goodbye to malta
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- adventures with flask-cors
- unexpected adventures
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- A Tale of two Scams
- Istanbul
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- reflections on january 2014
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- student blogs
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- ship building lessons in stockholm
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- random rants on a train
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- testing
- silicon valley 2010 - summary
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- airboat ride in the everglades
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- Ancient Rome
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- Cinque Terre
- Lunch in Sienna
- Climbing Around Firenze
- The Leaning Tower of Pizza
- The Hill Towns of Tuscany
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- A Random Walk through Venice
- Road Trip to Venice
- Klein Matterhorn
- Driving to Zermat
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