One Dam can be replaced with 3 wind generators
Watching a Netflix documentary DamNation talks about the status of Dams in the United States. One of the surprising things I learned is that many of them are very old in terms of power generation. For...
View ArticlePeople want it both ways
There is a documentary on Netflix I am watching called “Revenge of the electric car”. It has some big names who were interviewed for it. Elon Musk, Bob Lutz and so on. It is fascinating their thought...
View ArticleNHK awesome station and concept
If you are lucky to live in the greater NYC area you might have access to a channel called NHK. I have been watching it, and the more I watch it the more impressed I am. First, NHK is from Japans only...
View ArticleDocumentary Poverty, Inc interesting
I learned many things about poverty from this documentary Poverty, Inc. It makes sense what they said, and echos what President Bill Clinton once said. “Welfare is a hand up, not a hand out.”...
View ArticleInteresting documentary Tony Robbins: I am not your Guru
I watched this documentary this weekend and I have mixed thoughts about it. Here is my issue with Tony Robbins. He seems to be a sincere, honest and well-intentioned person. It is clear that he has...
View ArticleWill writing be done by machine in the future?
I hope not. What a boring read that will be. In this Washington Post article they talk about how their beginning Artificial Intelligence will provide updates to Twitter. Calling this “Artificial...
View ArticleBalance-something in, something out
We all seek happiness and one of the most effective ways is to maintain a sense of balance. In short, when something comes in to my life, something has to go out. On a material level this is easy. When...
View ArticleTouching documentary: Living on One Dollar
I have had some experience with poor people and being poor and this was a touching film. You don’t know what it is like being poor unless you have been there yourself. There were times in my life where...
View ArticleCurious about Anonymous? Nice documentary called We are Legion
I never really understood the hacktivism group called Anonymous. Now I have a much better idea. They both brought media attention to the things that have happened like Egypt and Tunisia and did things...
View ArticleFairtrade clothing for men
It wasn’t easy but I found a Fairtrade clothing store for men that has business shirts. I ordered one and I will update this once I get it. I am done buying conventional clothing. I watched a...
View ArticleFinding the right light in your life
In watching a documentary about nature photographers one of the things they said is photography is all about light. I realized that our experiences are often just finding the right light in your life....
View ArticleBoycotting New Balance results in 25% less sales and a quick email
So New Balance said something that was interpreted as supporting Donald Trump. Since that time sales have been down 25% from their usual. So people who are boycotting companies that appear to have...
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