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Comment on Unleashing the spimes by Fire Eagle: Trend or fad?

Fire Eagle: Trend or fad? — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:15:17 +0000

[...] just a hunch — that geolocation on the world wide web is about to explode. Half a year ago, I reported about Tom Coates’s presentation of Fire Eagle in San Diego. Meanwhile, Yahoo! officially [...]

Comment on Science for Humane Globalism: a degree program by Trying to cram it all into the global

Trying to cram it all into the global — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:59:21 +0000

[...] And then I started to remember the good old days, not too long ago, when I could learn about whatever I wanted for fun and profit. And then I started to imagine how wonderful it would be if I could do the same [...]

Comment on From origins to possibilities by Daniel Pink

Daniel Pink — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:29:55 +0000

Jonathan —
Many thanks for including A WHOLE NEW MIND on your staggering list of books. Much appreciated.
Cheers,
Dan Pink

Comment on Unleashing the spimes by From origins to possibilities

From origins to possibilities — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:34:37 +0000

[...] impoverished. Schneier offers his readers better mental habits for security decision-making. Next, Bruce Sterling and Daniel Pink invite us to help build a world wherein the practices of humane and beautiful [...]

Comment on Be the most ignorant person in the room by Alex Berger

Alex Berger — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:45:15 +0000

Jonathan,

Excellent post and I agree absolutely. Places like Silicone Valley are enclaves of intellectuals. The experience is so profoundly energizing and enabling that it leaves you literally feeling completely different.

Find similarly motivated individuals and meet on a month basis. Seek each other out, share, exchange and push each other.

The thrilling thing about ignorance is the potential for enlightenment that goes with it. The trick is overcoming the discomfort and acting on it.

Comment on Be the most ignorant person in the room by John D.

John D. — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:55:56 +0000

One’s capacity for innovative thinking is often directly related to what one doesn’t know.

Comment on My search for a graduate program by Be the most ignorant person in the room

Be the most ignorant person in the room — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:57:40 +0000

[...] the least about telepresence; in the District of Columbia, about human dignity; in New York, about sustainable economic development. Being the most ignorant person in the room is at once gratifying, challenging, and [...]

Comment on Where does Alisa Carse fit? by Be the most ignorant person in the room

Be the most ignorant person in the room — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:54:34 +0000

[...] the room. In Palo Alto, I can know the least about telepresence; in the District of Columbia, about human dignity; in New York, about sustainable economic development. Being the most ignorant person in the room is [...]

Comment on Science for Humane Globalism: a degree program by The Outquisition » Blog Archive » How to know if the Outquisition has gone horribly wrong

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:39:02 +0000

[...] have spent a lot of time (not to mention money) searching for the human and the social in the midst of the technical. All of that personal investment, [...]

Comment on The Outquisition by John Fries

John Fries — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:55:51 +0000

Love the Outquisition idea.

You might find that the distribution of toolsets and humanitarian aid may be supressed by hostiles bent on destruction and achieving local dominance, just as has been found in the Darfur region.

A science fiction movie, Things To Come, was made in 1936 exploring these themes, particularly the difficulty of humanitarian efforts towards recovery after an apocalypse. It was based on H. G. Wells’ novel, The Shape of Things To Come, and starred Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Wells himself actually wrote the screenplay for the movie.
Best,

- John Fries