Speaking of heroes

The New York Times runs the story of Jeremy Hernandez who survived the Minnesota I35W bridge collapse in a school bus full of kids (as did they all) and then kicked out the rear escape doors and got the kids out to safety. Well done.

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Control system instability

Remember the Dukes of Hazard? No, I mean the General Lee, not Daisy Duke! The General Lee was a 1969 Dodge Charger with a Hemi Orange paint scheme. I bought a brand new 1970 Charger R/T 440 in the same color (no, that’s not a photo of my Charger). Of course I got rid of […]

Heroism

Guy Kawasaki points out Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s article “The Banality of Heroism.”

The authors claim that our current definition of a hero is substantially watered down from its meaning of generations ago. Heroism used to encompass bravery, fortitude, gallantry, valor. Today we don’t think about the deep meanings of these words nor about how we […]