Dr Wingnut

Day: December 12, 2003

  • Now is all we have

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    The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.Bill Cosby

  • The Progress Paradox

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    Time magazine also had an exclusive excerpt from a new book: The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, by Greg Easterbrook (Random House, 355 pages)The points he made are very interesting; I think I shall have to read the bookThe revolution of satistifed expectations — Most people judge their well-being not…

  • Big Fat Greek Problem

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    In preparing to be host of next summer’s Olympics, Athens has faced the usual hurdles, like finding enough hotel space and finishing construction on the venues.  But some less conventional problems have cropped up too. Initially, the government planned to license extra brothels to meet surging demand during the Games (at the Sydney Olympics[2000], 10,000…