Synthesizing by TimThe Explosions Addiction, the Death of an Addicted Civilization, and a Way ForwardThis essay is about explosives. More specifically, it is about a society and a civilization that is infatuated with, actually addicted to…5 min read·12 hours ago----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever Series — Monday 13 May 2024My mother turned 90 today. She’s amazing, and so is my father, who will turn 93 in July. They read the papers together at breakfast every…3 min read·15 hours ago----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever Series — 25 May 2024Harvard has just held its undergraduate and graduate graduation ceremonies. The most joyful, in an inverted sort of way given the reason…4 min read·1 day ago----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever Series — Monday April 29 2024There have been quite a few books and articles written in recent years about animal and plant consciousness, not to mention, AI…2 min read·May 9, 2024----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever Series — Tuesday April 23, 2024Tuesday! About a week out from May. March and April are the two months in Boston that drive me crazy. May gets nice, finally, even though…2 min read·May 6, 2024----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever Series — Saturday April 20 2024I was given a 12” rosemary plant by my father yesterday evening at Friday dinner. We have a tradition of family Friday dinners. It…2 min read·Apr 29, 2024----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever — Wednesday April 18 2024I just finished reading for the second time the book “When We Cease to Understand the World” by author Benjamin Labatut who was born in…4 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever — Tuesday April 16 2024It is about 6 pm, this Tuesday in mid-April. The sun is pouring in a western-facing set of sliding doors. There’s a small breeze, but…3 min read·Apr 22, 2024----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever — Saturday April 13, 2024The mid-April watery sunshine of Atlantic coast New England tried without much success to get through the grey clouds delivering…4 min read·Apr 20, 2024----
Synthesizing by TimWhatever — Saturday April 6, 2024Windy. Very windy. The wind is pouring down off the eastern slopes of the Rockies, just north of Denver. I’m sitting in the front window…2 min read·Apr 18, 2024----