We live in a world that keeps adding the word "smart" to everything. - Smart phones. - Smart homes. - Smart cars. - Even smart appliances. And the assumption behind all of it is simple - we must be getting smarter. Not just in technology - but as people.

Years back, when Winston was significantly smaller than he is now, I was telling him goodnight and started tickling him. As he laughed uncontrollably, he pulled his knee up quickly and he caught me right in the eye. I yelled in pain and he immediately started apologizing, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!". Erin was in the...

This is a pencil. It's pretty simple and would probably be easy to make, right? First, the wood comes from special trees that need people to plant them, to water them, and to harvest them. Then you need loggers who cut the trees, the truck drivers who haul them, the workers who run the sawmill that slice the logs into thin wooden slats, ...