Author: Joel Gross

I have had a theory I have been mulling over. Selfhood is an illusion – my perspective on myself as a being separate from other people is an evolutionary advantage, but is not accurate. We are all a part of larger consciousness – just like the cells in our body give rise to something more, so too humans together give rise to corporations, nations, armies, etc.

I actually was able to play golf again yesterday! My knee is doing much better and I can now bend it to 90 degrees. It is still pretty weak and I need to get the stitches out, but my progress is coming along by leaps and bounds.

I didn’t really realize it before my accident, but I had spent years building up momentum on my motivation train. I had built many personal habits and systems that enabled me to get 7-10 hours of highly productive work in a day plus usually an hour of high intensity exercise. Even my leisure time was usually productive – reading, programming, or playing chess.… read more “The Motivation Train”

https://www.economist.com/the-world-if/2017/07/13/a-world-of-free-movement-would-be-78-trillion-richer

Comcast, AT&T, and other ISPs are the worst examples of monopoly companies abusing their power and anti-trust regulators should break them up as soon as possible.

After my knee injury, my quad seems to have gone to sleep. I realized this earlier when I was looking at my slumped in muscle there and saggy skin where the muscle used to be. I also realized that this is what was causing my gait to be awkward – I have been using my hip flexors to heave my leg forward rather than lifting with the quad muscle.… read more “Reactivating My Quad”

Copyrights and patents should be reduced to a maximum of 7 years and then opened up for anyone to use it. Society will advance far more quickly and good business owners will be able to bring competition and lower prices to everyone.