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Palo Alto? Zero Percent.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
1979
The video below is fascinating. It’s simply random interviews with folks on Wall Street about the topics of computers, bureaucracy, and their jobs. Everything these people were concerned about is, oh, about a hundred times worse now, so they honestly didn’t know how good they had it. It’s chilling to think that the youngest people in this are around 80 years old now, and the middle-aged folks are long dead.
Full Freight
When I was in college, there were almost no international students. I had no idea that over a quarter of Harvard was from overseas. The school must love them, because they have to pay full freight.
I’m Off to Paraguay!
Good Lord, this is amazing. I know which quarter of the world I’d prefer to live!
Predicting the Future is Hard!
Here’s how the crystal ball is doing mid-year……….
