Yonason GoldsonAug 12, 20211 minThe long way home"Let your eyes look directly forward, and your eyelids will straighten your path." --Proverbs Or, as Yogi Berra said, if you don't know...
Yonason GoldsonJul 7, 20201 minKeep your hands to yourselfIs COVID the cure for saving social intercourse? Despite the mandate to shelter-in-place imposed by COVID-19, an astonishing number of...
Yonason GoldsonJun 30, 20201 minThe world is going insaneWhere are you going to put your trust? In technology? In government? In experts and pundits? There's only one place to put your trust:...
Yonason GoldsonDec 9, 20191 minContext is everythingWe complain about the cold. We complain about the heat. We complain when we have too much going on. We complain when we have not enough...
Yonason GoldsonDec 5, 20191 minThe gift of disorderFor a better life, look for and forward to the unexpected Ralph Waldo Emerson famously remarked that a foolish consistency is the...
Yonason GoldsonDec 3, 20191 minRandomness may save your lifeDo you know which is farther east -- New York City or Caracas Venezuela? Does it matter? More than you might think. Our brains like...
Yonason GoldsonAug 19, 20191 minThe Gender ParadoxA deep dive into the androgyny of great leadership Successful leaders instinctively pivot between the competing roles of commander and...
Yonason GoldsonAug 14, 20191 minAnd the answer is...Some problems have no answers. Some answers are slow in coming. Or, as John Lennon sang: there are no problems; only solutions. We want...
Yonason GoldsonApr 2, 20192 minSomething's melting faster than the icecapsIf we want to solve our problems at the top of the world, we need to start by looking at the ground beneath our feet Tucker Carlson is...
Yonason GoldsonMar 4, 20195 minTwo cheers for painReaching for the Aspirin bottle is not the only option I'm a big fan of headaches. Not at the moment I'm having one, of course. But...
Yonason GoldsonFeb 27, 20193 minThe latest theory of why we are here The universe is not what it seems. Neither are we. Big Bang. Spontaneous generation. Evolution. Natural selection. According to...
Yonason GoldsonFeb 5, 20191 minAre you a lunatic? Let the moon guide you through the dark phases of your life Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance. Why? Because today the moon is...
Yonason GoldsonJan 16, 20193 minAdversity is in the eye of the beholder Sometimes we only learn to see after the lights go out Imagine that you woke up this morning to discover that you’d lost your eyesight? ...
Yonason GoldsonJan 9, 20191 minWee beastiesThe wisdom of John Simpson, my Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh.
Yonason GoldsonJan 3, 20192 minThe Midpoint of the WorldI'll begin the year by revisiting these thoughts from 2016. What would you ask of a time traveler from a hundred years ago? And if you...
Yonason GoldsonDec 20, 20181 min3 tips to program your internal GPS To drive in Israel can be a near-death experience. In some ways it’s better than it used to be. Traffic has gotten so dense that drivers...
Yonason GoldsonDec 5, 20183 minMapping the genome of the soul The festival of Chanukah warns that light can become darkness As you’ve surely heard by now, a Chinese geneticist announced last week...
Yonason GoldsonNov 28, 20183 minYour career may be killing you -- literally A new study suggests that choosing the wrong job can destroy your will to live Do you want to live a long and happy life? If so, don’t...