Author: Joe Kaempf

Reading two thoughtful articles attached re: physician cognitive health, well-being, and motivation brought to my mind three thoughts: Wittgenstein wrote that all of ethics…

‘Reason’ is what enables us to understand just how ‘unreasonable’ we are.  And that is a thrilling feature of Homo sapiens’ consciousness. “Churchill’s poodle”…

Continuing the thread of Nietzsche’s “anti-foundationalism” let’s consider “foundationalism”. Plato is the model of foundationalism, his impact upon Western thought incalculable.  Plato exposited ideals of reason and…

I estimate there is no greater intellectual in History than Friedrich Nietzsche (defined as original, impactful, durable, influential, stylistic).  Since his tragic death in…

“We don’t have the time or money for CQI right now.” Like Marie Antoinette, Rasputin, Lord Kelvin, Neville Chamberlain, Decca Records*, and notable others…

Supposing for this moment our Hindu friends are correct and we do rebirth as part of Mother Nature’s cycle,…..if so, I might desire to be an…

History doesn’t repeat itself,……but it does offer insights as to what might happen if we choose to do “X” rather than “Y”.  Timothy Snyder writes…

We derive both pleasure and insight from travel writing, and few have composed such essays with better clarity and human sympathy than Ryszard Kapuscinski…

For everyone working so diligently with compassion during this C-19 pandemic, attached is the largest robust report yet published that concisely and comprehensively reviews…

Quite much to fret in August 2021, no call to rehash.  Let’s take a break and celebrate science/math/technology at one zenith, just to bolster…