January 2019


My pampered life
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Tens of millions of humble, dedicated, 
productive geniuses have gifted me an 
enormous array of marvelous textiles, 
machines and electronic devices for my 
comfort, delight and amusement.  And.. 
they've provided the health care and 
the music.

Whenever I thumb through the handbooks or
textbooks authored by electrical engineers, 
electronics engineers, materials scientists,
computer scientists or biologists -- or 
whenever I simply look about me -- I'm humbled
to see that I'm not 1/100 as accomplished as 
the truly accomplished.

(I've put a lot of thought into it.)

My first overwhelming awareness of what's
actually out there didn't happen until I 
was 35, despite having three years of 
college math and a year of college 
physics behind me.  It's been a regular 
occurence ever since.

The complexity and perfectionism throughout 
the manufacturing sector -- specifically the 
engineering behind it -- is perpetually 
shocking to me.

I wonder whether I'm the only one who was 
slow to notice what a high level of diligence 
and professionalism is out there in so many 
industries.

I don't feel I've contributed much to society
or met my potential.  I just test well:

My story about Dr. Gershenson, who gave me
my best experience at the U of M.


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