The Encyclopedic Bookshelf: History as Functional Furniture

I unboxed all the books I've been hauling around from home-to-home for the last twenty-four years. Therefore, I needed a bookshelf. The Encyclopedic Bookshelf is what happened. What? It's a long story. Maybe a book? However, briefly, here's the story. Ever since I closed my 'great idea' - to save the world - of building … Continue reading The Encyclopedic Bookshelf: History as Functional Furniture →

The Perfect Storm Hypothesis

is an idea I agree with. In essence it is: What happened could not have have happened in any other way than it did. I first encountered it in a personality theory class. Raymond B. Cattell, an English/American Psychologist (1905-1998)) devised a theory, a formula, for why individuals do what they do. He was a … Continue reading The Perfect Storm Hypothesis →