# human beings — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover human beings. Page: Feed: --- ## [The software industry and the end of history as we know it](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/529615.html) _2026-08-19 · In search of balance_ The study of History usually divides history into different eras. At the largest scale, the study of the history of the universe divides this history into three eras, known in consecutive order as the radiation-dominated era, the matter-dominated era, and the dark-energy-dominated era. (We see that cosmologists are not necessarily that creative at naming their eras, but that's okay; if they were,… ## [The Mac Is a Harsh Mistress](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/529187.html) _2026-08-17 · In search of balance_ Those who have been reading my blog for years will probably know that I am not, and have never been, a Mac person. If desktop computing is a binary battle between the IBM PC-compatible and the Mac, then I've always been on the side of the IBM PC-compatible, not because I have any special love for Microsoft or Windows, but simply because I've always seen whatever the Mac had to offer as so much… ## [Most of What You Do as a Leader Is About Managing Your Own Discomfort](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/most-of-what-you-do-as-a-leader-is) _2026-08-17 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ The leadership behaviors that feel like care are often something else entirely. Here is the neuroscience of what is happening underneath. ## [The progress of freedom](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/529085.html) _2026-08-15 · In search of balance_ I recently saw a quote which was attributed to Aldous Huxley. The quote said: "The belief in a bigger and better future is one of the most powerful enemies of freedom". I question the veracity of the attribution to Huxley, because I have not been able to find this quote in any of his sources. In fact, I have not been able to find this quote anywhere else; it feels to me like it was made up by… ## [Final Words](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/08/15/final-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=final-words) _2026-08-15 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ I’ve spent hours in the car with Sawyer lately. In these final weeks leading up to college, I’ve driven with him to new student conferences and college camps that are meant to prepare freshmen for their new life. During one long drive, I thought about how I had a chance here to teach him some... Read More ## [What Happens When the Hunger Gets Fed](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-the-hunger-gets) _2026-08-13 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ What genuine listening gives the listener. It is not what anyone told me to expect. ## [Bootable floppy-disk images for Apple II and IBM PC emulators](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/528853.html) _2026-08-11 · In search of balance_ I have written, in the past (notably here ), on the topic of making programs that boot directly on a computer without requiring an operating system. In order for people to use this information, however, they need to be able to create some kind of boot medium from which the software can be loaded, and this led me to become interested in the formats used for floppy-disk images for popular computer… ## [The Leadership Operating System Nobody Taught You About](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/the-leadership-operating-system-nobody) _2026-08-10 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ Every framework you have ever learned gets installed on top of it. That is why the training never quite sticks. ## [Peace is Better](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/08/08/peace-is-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peace-is-better) _2026-08-08 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ A fiery certainty lives inside most human beings when they’re 25 years old. 25 year olds are the ultimate in confidence that they know the best way to do things, the best way to think, and what is right and wrong. Most 50 year olds have realized that they know less than ever. We’ve seen... Read More ## [To understand the world, explore](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/528174.html) _2026-08-08 · In search of balance_ I recently read the following proverb which gave me pause for thought: "To understand the world, read. To understand yourself, write." I think I understand the point. In my mind, it's related to a similar proverb which I've heard which posits that human beings have two eyes and two ears but only one mouth, so they should spend more time watching and listening than speaking. The idea is that people… ## [Open this .onion address (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2AphP8CXjKfa) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Access 7btj5kisrpopxjkhmcugbiygfk2xd6op3ta7whfrmxxrldyrlh5b5zad.onion using a Tor browser. ## [What the Most Defended Human Beings on Earth Taught Me About the Most Universal Human Need](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/what-the-most-defended-human-beings) _2026-08-06 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ If the hunger is real here, the argument that it does not exist in your boardroom is not credible. ## [Creating problems as a way of showing love](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/527926.html) _2026-08-03 · In search of balance_ For some years now, I've had a personal theory that some people love children and animals partly because of the problems they create. Both children and animals are sometimes loud and need to be calmed down, they get hungry and need to be fed, and they soil themselves or otherwise make a mess and need to be cleaned up after. From a rational perspective, it seems to me that these problems are more… ## [The Vale of Soul-Making](https://beautygoodnesstruth1.substack.com/p/the-vale-of-soul-making) _2026-08-03 · Richard Clements · Beauty-Goodness-Truth_ In the formulation of his own personal "system of salvation," John Keats has fallen victim to two perennial temptations to which we human beings are subject. ## [Radical Candor Works Perfectly. Except When It Matters Most.](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/radical-candor-works-perfectly-except) _2026-08-03 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ The 45-second neurological event that blocks every word of feedback from landing. ## [That's The First Time You Have Listened To Me In 20 Years](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/thats-the-first-time-you-have-listened) _2026-07-30 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ What happened in a conference room in 2005 that changed everything I thought I knew about conflict, connection, and what human beings are actually reaching for. ## [The programming world is healing](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/527863.html) _2026-07-30 · In search of balance_ I often write about technology, especially computer technology, not only because it happens to be something of both personal and professional interest to me (since I work in the field and am also active in it as a hobby), but also because I recognize how important technology is for the world and all of humanity, how fundamentally technology shapes the experience of being human in our modern world.… ## [The Crucial Conversations Technique That Works Perfectly — Except in High-Conflict Situations](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/the-crucial-conversations-technique) _2026-07-27 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ The neuroscience is unambiguous. Here is what sixty years of training got wrong, and the two-word replacement that works. ## [Positive freedom has always been what human beings really wanted](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/527574.html) _2026-07-27 · In search of balance_ The United States of America recently celebrated their 250th anniversary. This forms a natural point in time to think about the past, present, and future of a country which is often called "the world's sole superpower" in our current discourse. What made America great? Is it still great today? And will it ever be great again? Perhaps these are the wrong questions. Current president Donald Trump… ## [Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction - Andrew Robinson (2009)](https://coalesce.bearblog.dev/writing-and-script-a-very-short-introduction-andrew-robinson-2009/) _2026-07-26 · coalesce · coalesce_ ❐ Highlights ❐ Notes Highlights Civilization cannot exist without spoken language, but it can without written communication. The earliest writings from Mesopotamia, fired clay tablets dating from around 3300 BC, are all accounting records. The earliest writing from Europe, the Linear A and Linear B clay tablets from Crete/mainland Greece belonging to the mid-2nd millennium BC, are account records.… ## [It’s Hard to Grow Up](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/07/24/its-hard-to-grow-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-hard-to-grow-up) _2026-07-25 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ Growing pains are showing all around me. In all the various stages of life that my kids are in, each one is being forced to let go of what is behind to forge on toward what lies ahead. Growing up isn’t necessarily something that happens against our will–it just gradually pours us into a new... Read More ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mSZv02r63ZTF) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Redefining the Renaissance man](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/527313.html) _2026-07-23 · In search of balance_ (Throughout this post, I will use the term "Renaissance man" in a gender-neutral way, because that's how English is. I could have said "Renaissance person", but that just sounds kind of silly and ridiculous, because nobody says that. Maybe in 100 years, "Renaissance person" will be a standard English term, but it isn't right now, and I don't want to write that phrase 50 times in this post, because… ## [Nobody Is Listening. Including You. Including Me.](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/nobody-is-listening-including-you) _2026-07-23 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ Why the most important skill in human life is the one nobody taught us — and what it is costing us every single day. ## [Goodbye, Duolingo](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/526908.html) _2026-07-22 · In search of balance_ Today (on July 22, 2026), I woke up and found that the Duolingo app no longer works on my phone. When I run it, I just receive the following message: "Update Available. This version of the app is no longer supported. A new version is available for download." As someone who has worked in the IT industry, my advanced knowledge of computer systems and years of experience working with software helped… ## [Stephen Covey's Habit 5, Empathic Listening, Was Brilliant, Except....](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/stephen-coveys-habit-5-empathic-listening) _2026-07-20 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ What Habit 5 was pointing at — and what the neuroscience that arrived eighteen years later finally named. ## [Human behavioral patterns highlighted by admiration for the Casanova archetype](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/526780.html) _2026-07-19 · In search of balance_ I recently had a conversation with a woman who was still fixated on her ex and couldn't stop talking about him. I often hear women complain that "Every man has an ex whom he still misses and wants to have back", and that this makes dating men painful because they can't forget about their ex, but women who have this problem don't know how good they have it, because even if a man misses an ex, he'll… ## [He Passed Every Reference Check](https://dougnoll.substack.com/p/he-passed-every-reference-check) _2026-07-16 · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA · Douglas E Noll, JD, MA_ The most expensive executive hiring mistake is not the one the reference check misses. It is the one it cannot see. ## [Living on the edge](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/526422.html) _2026-07-16 · In search of balance_ The discussion around AI and its rapidly-changing position within human civilization has taken on two very different tracks, and what I find odd is that most articles and videos which address the topic of AI usually only address one of these. On the one hand, you have the long-term view, the perspective of how AI will change human life and human work forever, and this mode of thinking is very… ## [Kabbalah and Economics](https://www.snoyman.com/blog/2026/07/kabbalah-economics/) _2026-07-15 · Michael Snoyman's Homepage_ In my last post , I compared Kabbalah to Haskell. It's only fitting that my next post compares Kabbalah to another topic I blog about frequently: economics. Heads up in advance that this post will be very revealing about my political/economic compass. It's all about want One of the first things you learn in economics is about wants . Human beings want things. Those things are scarce. Economics… ## [Software companies are trying to kill home computing](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/526188.html) _2026-07-14 · In search of balance_ If you use a computer or any other device which runs software on it, here's something which you might want to know: Software companies are not your friends, and in fact, they are trying to kill personal and home computing. The reason for this is simple: Software companies, like any other business, are out to make money, but what's good for computer users is not good for software companies, and the… ## [Open relationship](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/526077.html) _2026-07-12 · In search of balance_ Some years ago, I was in a relationship which had already lasted for several years, when I noticed that I was developing an attraction to another woman. At first, I made nothing of these feelings: Attractions can and do happen, and in fact, they will inevitably happen throughout the course of any long-term relationship, so you shouldn't pay too much attention to them. The human being is naturally… ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/viEZqh1bRbAB) _2026-07-12 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Scattered](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/07/11/scattered/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scattered) _2026-07-11 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ Last night I stood in the kitchen with Chad and asked him if he thinks my brain is working okay. I had had two incidents in the past couple of days of not being able to think of simple words that I was trying to use. We faced each other by the sink, and my... Read More ## [What is a "simple life"?](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/525734.html) _2026-07-10 · In search of balance_ All of a sudden, it occurred to me that I really don't know what a "simple life" is. What is a "simple life"? First of all, as a linguistic aside, I will note that I specifically chose the wording "a simple life" and not " the simple life". Although I have often heard and seen people speak and write of the latter, I believe that there is not necessarily just one "simple" lifestyle in the universe,… ## [You are not experienced](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/525432.html) _2026-07-05 · In search of balance_ At various points in human history, I have heard various people describe themselves as "a good judge of character". In theory, such a skill would be a good skill to have: The ability to read people's minds and know what they are thinking and intending just by means of their facial expression and body language would prevent fraud and render dishonesty obsolete. Humanity could abolish computer… ## [Choose Better Words](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/07/03/choose-better-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=choose-better-words) _2026-07-03 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ Our four year old loves to sing. She comes home from church singing snippets of tunes she learned in Sunday school, and the other day she launched into a loud version of “Oh, Be Careful Little Eyes What You See.” I remember this song from my own childhood, as a simple reminder that it matters... Read More ## [American problems accessing LiveJournal in late June 2026](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/525188.html) _2026-07-02 · In search of balance_ Sometimes, it disturbs me how quickly problems upon which I speculate become actual problems. It's happened multiple times in the past that I've noticed some trend and commented upon it in this blog of mine, along with speculation that this trend could lead to some specific problem in the future, only for the theorized problem to become reality just days later. I'm not a prophet or a psychic, but… ## [Back to the future](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/525031.html) _2026-06-28 · In search of balance_ The news recently broke that Elon Musk became the first trillionaire in all of human history. Most wise people would say that this doesn't really mean anything: The distinction between a billionaire and a trillionaire isn't actually that meaningful, because they both live the same lifestyle and do business in the same way. It happens, however, that now is an opportune time to take a look at where… ## [The Lost Art of a Wandering Mind](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/06/26/the-lost-art-of-a-wandering-mind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lost-art-of-a-wandering-mind) _2026-06-26 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ Stastics show that human beings are more bored than ever. We’re more bored during work interactions, more bored during social interactions, and we’re bored when cell phones are present. 35 years ago, if you would have told Gen X kids that the coming era of technology was going to be utterly boring, we would have... Read More ## [Why communities of people can't know much about each other](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/524576.html) _2026-06-26 · In search of balance_ There are things which human beings have been doing since before recorded history which might sometimes seem stupid, pointless, and wasteful. To people who possess intelligence but not a deep understanding of human nature, there is a constant temptation and desire to try to "fix" humanity, to try to change how people live and behave so that they would live more intelligently, more efficiently, and… ## [Kabbalah, Haskell, and the ST Monad](https://www.snoyman.com/blog/2026/06/kabbalah-haskell-st-monad/) _2026-06-26 · Michael Snoyman's Homepage_ For the past year, I’ve been learning Kabbalah for the first time in my life. It has been a fascinating journey. I haven’t really shared much about it publicly, and I’m not sure whether I’m going to continue discussing it on this blog or anywhere else. However, I recently ran into an overlap between Kabbalistic teachings and purely functional programming which is, frankly, kind of hilarious. So I… ## ["Skepticism is a horrible way to live"](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/524395.html) _2026-06-24 · In search of balance_ I recently spoke with a young person on the topic of justice reform, which is a topic very popular among Western youth right now, but not a topic which I personally take much interest in, simply because, as I have noted in the past, it is not rooted in any kind of facts, but rather is a reflection of shifting social values: There is no objective right or wrong, no universal set of laws which all… ## [How one-sided affection can become mutual affection](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/524285.html) _2026-06-23 · In search of balance_ Nearly 30 years ago, when I still had no personal experience in relationships, someone told me that the most important thing which made them love another person was for that person to love them back. At the time, I had somewhat mixed reactions to this idea. On the surface, it sounded a bit sweet and romantic: You love me, and I'll love you back. That sounded kind of cute, but I had some issues… ## [One function per button](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/523857.html) _2026-06-21 · In search of balance_ There is a long-running trend in user-interface design which I have complained about several times over the years, but I'm going to take a moment to devote an entire post to this subject, because it is big enough and important enough that one could probably write a whole book about it. The problem is the tendency toward minimalism in user-interface design, specifically in the form of hiding… ## [We are the Witnesses](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/06/20/we-are-the-witnesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-are-the-witnesses) _2026-06-20 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ A few nights ago I hardly slept. Lightning flashed every few seconds. Rain pelted the dusty ground and then filled all the dry places and then overflowed out of the flowerbeds and sloshed against the curbs in the low spots of our small town. Thunder rattled the seventy-five year old bones of our cozy house,... Read More ## [Humanity cannot win a battle against itself](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/523752.html) _2026-06-18 · In search of balance_ I have often marveled at how the Internet forms a microcosm of human society, how readily one can use online chat groups as a way of studying human behavior and how different types of human beings interact with each other on a day-to-day basis. A typical pattern seen in Internet chat groups, especially among males, is that people use Internet chat groups for two purposes: First, to express how… ## [Which Type of Freedom Will You Choose?](https://beautygoodnesstruth1.substack.com/p/which-type-of-freedom-will-you-choose) _2026-06-17 · Richard Clements · Beauty-Goodness-Truth_ Our finite freedom finds its ultimate fulfillment by entering into the infinite freedom of the divine dynamic of self-giving love. ## [The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell (1949)](https://coalesce.bearblog.dev/the-hero-with-a-thousand-faces-joseph-campbell-1949/) _2026-06-15 · coalesce · coalesce_ ❐ Highlights ❐ Notes Highlights \[...\] this is a book about the similarities; and once these are understood the differences will be found to be much less great than is popularly (and politically) supposed. \[...\] that myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation. Religions, philosophies, arts, the social forms of primitive… ## [In It Together](https://yourmomhasablog.com/2026/06/14/in-it-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-it-together) _2026-06-15 · Melissa · Your Mom Has A Blog_ When I was a younger woman, I wanted a lot of things from Chad. I wanted him to be certain ways and do certain things and understand all of my unexpressed expectations. There’s something wonderful about gaining a few years’ experience and understanding more about the comforts of having a partner in life. As we... Read More ## [Hex-editing memory locations in The Missing Ring](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/523448.html) _2026-06-14 · In search of balance_ All of a sudden, it occurred to me that the best thing I could be doing with my life was hex-editing the memory contents of a running Apple \]\[ RPG, so that's what I decided to do. The Missing Ring is an RPG which was only made for the Apple \]\[. The game's Wikipedia article notes that "In 1984, Softline readers named the game the eighth-worst Apple program of 1983", which is kind of funny since the… ## [You can't go back to a one-time event](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/523097.html) _2026-06-12 · In search of balance_ Hey folks, I'd like to take a moment to explain something to the world's humans, because it seems that there has been some misunderstanding. The last time human beings experienced prosperity was at the end of the 20th century. During the 1980s and 1990s, human beings weren't just doing well, they were doing better than ever. Propelled by the development of the computer industry and later by the… ## [Either/or](https://lateblt.livejournal.com/522803.html) _2026-06-10 · In search of balance_ A young woman with whom I am befriended has had something of a tumultuous romantic history. As a teenager, before she had ever been in a relationship with anyone, she was the classic case of a woman attracted to "bad boys", men who appear dark, mysterious, and dangerous. I understand why women are instinctively attracted to such men: Because such men are seen as capable of being good "protectors"…