Category: creative contributions to society
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Creativity vs. Teamwork
When I was a kid, my report cards would often describe me as “an independent worker.” It’s one step above “doesn’t play well with others,” I suppose, but I wasn’t exactly a collaborator. As an adult, I get similar descriptions on my performance evaluations at jobs and grad school. But see, you know that saying about how if…
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A Degree of Modesty
Last week I decided to pop by the university and get a PhD. Since then, a lot of people have been asking, “do you feel any different now that you have a PhD?” Well yes, of course I do. Whenever I insist that someone call me “doctor Phronk”—whether it’s government documents, or my friends, or…
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Family Ties
I’d like to have kids someday, but even more, I’d like to have grandkids. With those things, you get all the fun of kids being around, without them being around all the time. What would be ideal is having grandkids without having to raise kids first. Is this possible? I began to think of the…
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