Any parent will have this experience, I supposed, but I’ve been especially aware of it recently: Having your 19-month-old daughter with you will invariably make you look at the normal everyday things you pass in a completely new way. It’s a little bit like a backwards-facing time machine for your point of view [...]
practice = consistency = genius
You know those days when the world seems to be conspiring to teach you a lesson? You see signs everywhere. I’m having one of those today. The lesson is metaphor.
The first sign came courtesy of Noah: At his suggestion, I just finished reading Steven Johnson’s excellent Emergence. It’s [...]