A Tribute to Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs once said: Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... The ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them [...]

By |2011-10-06T03:03:58-05:00October 6, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on A Tribute to Steve Jobs

A Tribute to Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs once said: "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... The ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them [...]

By |2011-10-06T03:02:08-05:00October 6, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on A Tribute to Steve Jobs

Lesson #6

Lesson #6: Study at an Anti-Library  "There is a huge difference between what people actually know and how much they think they know." – Nassim Taleb Question #6: Which of these animals is more likely to kill you: A shark or a deer? The right answer is the deer. In fact, the contest isn’t even [...]

By |2011-10-05T05:00:49-05:00October 5, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Lesson #6

Unlearning Lesson #5

Lesson #5: Do Not Feed Creatures of Habit “Not choice, but habit, rules the unreflecting herd.” – William Wordsworth Question #5: On a game show, you are given the option of choosing a gift behind one of three doors. One door holds a new car; the other two, goats. After you have made your selection, the [...]

By |2011-10-04T12:42:47-05:00October 4, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Unlearning Lesson #5

Master Unlearning

1. Master unlearning. One of the most difficult tasks for corporate innovators is to learn how to unlearn the legacy business models they have perfected. Often, maybe even always, companies take the standards they have for their current business and use that to measure the new model. Start unlearning by explicitly recognizing that these metrics [...]

By |2011-09-30T14:45:00-05:00September 30, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Master Unlearning

Here Comes Alpha Dog!

A few weeks ago, my colleague Simon Anderson speculated that in the near future the number of robotic soldiers would exceed the number of human soldiers in this edition of The Tomorrow Times. To understand why this vision is coming to fruition faster than many people expect, I invite you to watch the latest video [...]

By |2011-09-30T13:57:46-05:00September 30, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Here Comes Alpha Dog!

The Young and The “Board”

Let me begin by saying I don't know anything about Chelsea Clinton's qualifications to be appointed to the board of IAC/Interactive Corp. For all I know, it may be nothing more than blatant cronyism. Nevertheless, it is an interesting development. Here's why. Since 2007, there have been only 50 people born since 1980 (or under [...]

By |2011-09-28T14:46:27-05:00September 28, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Young and The “Board”

GPS: Cradle to Grave

It was recently reported that a day care facility in Sweden is now using GPS technology to help keep track of children during field trips. The same technology had been used now for a few years by some nursing homes to help keep track of Alzheimer patients. GPS technology also, of course, serves as the basis [...]

By |2011-09-26T18:31:54-05:00September 26, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on GPS: Cradle to Grave

The Final Word isn’t Final

It would be nice to believe that "the final word" is really the final word, unfortunately it rarely is. Michio Kaku has an interesting article on the possible discovery that the speeding neutrino might overturn Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (and thus much of what we think we know about physics). He writes that "no [...]

By |2011-09-26T18:15:56-05:00September 26, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Final Word isn’t Final
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