by John Macdonald | Sep 12, 2024 | The250
“It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.” – Steven Pressfield, The War of Art The parking lot is for the tailgaters. They’re only there for the party....
by John Macdonald | Sep 11, 2024 | The250
From where you stand makes all the difference. You can’t see home plate from behind the stanchion.You can’t see the Aurora Borealis from the city.You can’t see the Great Wall from Toledo. You may like where you stand. It’s probably comfortable....
by John Macdonald | Sep 10, 2024 | The250
You get tired. AI does not.You have finite time. AI does not.You have limited energy. AI does not. Also… You care. AI does not.You share. AI does not.You create. AI does not. You labor. AI does not. Labor is something only a human can understand, feel, and do. Embrace...
by John Macdonald | Sep 9, 2024 | The250
The first jetliner, the de Havilland Comet, was originally built with square windows. A simple aesthetic choice. Then, in 1954, two Comets disintegrated midair within a couple of months of each other. They crashed because of...
by John Macdonald | Sep 8, 2024 | The250
Is the model right? As it turns out, the decision to forgo Boeing’s Starliner return of the stranded astronauts came down to whether they believed the model’s prediction of thruster degradation — will the thrusters have enough helium...
