A Terrible Master

When I was in high school in the 1970s, everyone suddenly had their own handheld calculator. Mine allowed me to narrowly escape having to learn how to use a slide rule instead. But ever since, despite their convenience, there has been debate about whether using calculators causes us to forget how to perform basic math

Genuinely Interested in Everyone

When I add a post to this blog, I get an email that says: “[Random WordPress blogger] thought [title of my post] was awesome. Maybe you should find out what they’re up to.” The message has multiple links to that blogger’s site. It seems reasonable to assume that every other WordPress blogger gets those messages