I think human expectations for ourselves have gotten tremendously low. Sure, maybe you're not addicted to drugs. But aren't there failures of omission as well? If Michael Jordan thought training was too hard. If Mother Theresa thought poverty was gross. Let's raise the bar here, folks. We're tremendously capable, and yet, we seem to be too easily satisfied. Let's aim for something big. It'll be worth it.

So, the black and orange wrapped candies at Halloween that old people give away have kind of gotten by as a joke, right? People buy them every year, mostly for nostalgia, but no one really likes them. That makes me realize that a product does not even have to be good to be a success. My goal now is to create a product WORSE than those orange and black so-called "peanut butter kisses" and become a billionaire.

If we started hunting humans for sport, what would be the equivalent of a 12-point buck?

Is there a population problem? If you believe over-population is a problem, then don't you also have to believe that you are more valuable to the world dead than alive? Humans are the solution - not the problem. It will be human innovation that comes up with the solution to our resource problems. Not a child-limit mandate.

Answer in order. Pause before continuing. 1) Is someone who says lying is wrong, and then lies, a hypocrite? 2) Is someone who says prostitution is wrong, and then hires a prostitute, a hypocrite? 3) If you have different answers to the first two questions, is that only because we don't want to think of ourselves as hypocrites?

"You go to a personal trainer? Wow, you must be really fat." That statement doesn't happen. People are usually encouraged by their peers to continue on their quest for health. So, why are people embarrassed to say that they see a counselor or therapist? Everyone goes to school. After formal education, most people continue learning through classes, reading on their own, self-help seminars and church. No one thinks they magically get brilliant by themselves. Yet, there's a stigma against getting help dealing with personal or relation struggles. Let's stop it. Everyone SHOULD see a counselor. We're all freak shows.

If Jim Carey makes $400 million a year making crappy films, most people are ok with that because they don't have to see the film. If a CEO of a computer company makes $400 million a year, and the company does bad, people start talking about legislating salary ceiling laws, even though they are not forced to work, take ownership or shop at said business. Is it because Jim Carey is funny?

So, here's my problem. Many people love to talk. But, many of these people are also very boring. e.g. "So, I was at the store last tuesday, or maybe it was wednesday, no, definitely tuesday, yeah, 'cause it was right after she called me about that thing, anyway..." And yet, if I spin my finger to get people to skip to the point, they are rightfully insulted. So, I am looking for us to develop a universal symbol or phrase to signal the speaker that "this train of thought is unnecessary to the point." any ideas? Obviously, teaching the world the life skill of empathizing with the listener would be a more mutually beneficial long-term solution, but in the short-term, I'm just looking to get out of some of these avoidable time wasters.

"Communism works in theory, but not in practice." Ever hear this? There is an inherent flaw in this logic. Let's say I claim to have a magic ring that makes people want to give me money when I wear it. But, the ring does not work. Was it a good theory? No. I liked the theory, because I was looking forward to the results that the theory promised. But, it was a terrible theory, because there was no good reason to believe that it would make good on the promise. It was mere wishful thinking.

(continuation) #9. William Henry Harrison On March 4, 1841, Harrison took the oath of office and then proceeded to deliver the longest inaugural address in the history of the Presidency, in the cold, without a coat, hat or gloves. The cold he came down with after this speech turned into pneumonia a few weeks later after getting caught outside during a rainstorm. Harrison died exactly one month into his term on April 4.