A modern-day story that parallels the fictional development of Rearden Metal. First, they ridiculed Sir Harold Ridley, an ocular pathologist, for his revolutionary invention, an intraocular plastic lens to replace cataracts. Then they petitioned the FDA to outlaw his invention. Finally they accepted it.
Imagine this plot for a novel:
A brilliant eye surgeon performs a revolutionary [...]
Category Archives: Reviews
Sir Harold Ridley and His Fight for Sight
April 17, 2008 – 2:07 pm
Hazlitt’s Way to Will Power
April 3, 2008 – 4:22 pm
The Mises Institute retypeset Hentry Hazlitt’s Way to Will Power. Get the beautiful PDF here: The Way to Will Power.
Don’t miss out on this gem as you calculate your hierarchy of values and plan your lifelong goals.
Will-Power, then, may be defined as the ability to keep a remote desire so vividly in mind that immediate [...]
Hint Mints: You Need This Mint!
December 22, 2006 – 6:13 am
Hint Mints are delicious little mints, full of flavor, that come in an attractive sliding tin.
Remember the Milk: The Best To-Do List Manager
December 5, 2006 – 4:21 pm
Remember The Milk is an excellent to-do list manager. Its clean blue and white design is stunning in its simplicity. RTM is speedy; I hardly ever need to reload the page thanks to their advanced use of AJAX. RTM is replete with shortcuts for incredibly fast adding and editing of tasks. RTM is no simplistic Ta-Da list clone. With RTM I can not only assign due dates, repeating tasks, tags, locations and notes, but I can also get notified via Jabber, GTalk, AIM, SMS or email of my pending items. Best of all, RTM is free of charge and well-supported.
How I Became Fluent in Spanish in Just a Year
November 15, 2006 – 9:25 pm
The best way to learn Spanish is to spend time in a Spanish-speaking country - and fall in love.
