Monthly Archives: September 2021

His World Now

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

The future will be nothing like the past. The trick is, the future is now. That is one of the rules of life. We all know of somebody, a cancer patient or a diabetic in our midst who was fine, … Continue reading →

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The Return of Entropy

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

The power takes longer to return after the storm. Grids built in antiquity and faithfully maintained for too long show their wear, new technologies now become ancient – we still burn dead dinosaurs for energy to power our cars that … Continue reading →

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The Good American

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

I’ve never met Bob Gersony. That probably doesn’t seem strange to you. But it is to me. Gersony was a humanitarian, and “The Good American” is his story. It is not an epic story, despite the title. There was nothing … Continue reading →

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The Future is American

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

The future will be nothing like the past. That is the contention of “The Great Reversal” by Charles Goodheart. Demographic decline and the drying up of the great surge of labor product of the urbanization in China and the freeing … Continue reading →

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