It was my first impression that getting a degree, job, and married were part of me being able to fit in with the rest of society. But as I began to look around, it was more of the shiny things that appealed to me, like the nice car and the big house. Read more…
Every journey begins with the first… word. It’s been over six years since I first wrote the opening words down for my book. I never would have guessed writing a book would take this long, but then again, I never would have guessed as to why I had to wait until Read more…
“Be orderly in your normal life so you can be violent and original in your work.” ~Gustave Flaubert Philosophical Engineering Despite the social constructs that have designed an impression of a good life by getting a degree, getting a job, and getting married, the sense of order can bring about a Read more…
Are there any set of universal standards for a good life? Can we all agree that a degree, job, and marriage might be part of them? As some of you may know, I dropped out of my Masters program two and half years in, never earning that degree. I recently Read more…
Save for retirement and in forty years you will be released from your sentence back into the free world. Philosophical Engineering: None of us like to be on the receiving end of a bad prank. But yet we are unaware that when we take our money and allow other people Read more…
Then why subject yourself to the “same shit, different day” at work? Philosophical Engineering Robots are programmed to do the same thing day in, day out. Humans are not. Humans are far more capable of doing “awesome stuff, every day”.
Company work sells to the young American a dream, a pathway of do what you’re told and your life will be laid out methodically in front of you. Philosophical Engineering A type of “Faustian bargain,” as Seth Godin puts it in his book, Linchpin. We are willing to give up Read more…
You are told to find your passion in life, something that makes you want to get out of bed each morning and go after. Philosophical Engineering However, some of you might not know that passion is comprised of two components: love the work you do + love the place in Read more…
As a process engineer at a company that manufactures special bar quality steel product, I am tasked every day to find solutions to problems. Philosophical Engineering When a problem is identified, my efforts revolve around putting a system or systems in place as a solution. An example of a system would Read more…
Ever have that feeling of not being in control? It could happen anywhere at any time. Philosophical Engineering As scientists, we attempt to control the world around us, to dominate the landscape of our studies with equations and theories to predict every movement of the elements of our world. At Read more…