Job (Non-)Acceptance: Reactions – A Note

Posted on May 29, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

I believe, many are familiar with this situation: You are looking for a new job and write a ton of applications. Sometimes you get an answer, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes the answer is a friendly “We are sorry,” sometimes a blunt “No need.” Sometimes your application brings you to the next stage, sometimes it is [...]

On The Worth Of Inexistent Drama

Posted on May 22, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

My first girlfriend is getting married. Congratulations! I recently met her and I would like to remember with this post a particular and, I think, important teaching of this moment. Almost ten years ago it took me four years to be truly in peace with myself after the end of the relationship such that I [...]

A Political Round Table

Posted on May 16, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

US presidential debates typically involve two people. A CNN Politics round table perhaps four or six or eight. The Swiss Federal Council round table involves seven people. Arena, generally a round table of four. Recently, something occurred to me. People discussing politics always seem to have answers; does anyone have questions? Knowledge is a measure [...]

Linden Pollen

Posted on May 12, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

You see, recessions have something good too. They remind us, that our industrialized world average consumption style is not sustainable. We get more cautious with the grip at our own wallet, perhaps we think twice before we spend $10, do we really need this stuff? I think, all this is very healthy. Yet, the saving [...]

Nature’s Unappreciated Work

Posted on May 7, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

If you dig a hole in your backyard and remove a few feet of soil you hit Earth’s crust. Mine a little rock and you would be surprised to find nearly all naturally occurring elements, including gold, albeit in a very low concentration. A gold mine is an area with a high concentration of gold, [...]

Maximize Your Self: An Optimization Problem?

Posted on May 6, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

A few days ago, together with a recently grown mother I wondered about the question when does a kid recognize itself in a mirror. I don’t recall how it came up but I think it is an interesting question and I don’t think we got a conclusive answer. While my brain started to think about [...]

 

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