Today is the first day of the new school year for my two children (ages 9 and 11). It can be exciting time but it also be a nerve wracking time if you are a student attending a new school. I always encourage my children to seek out and befriend the new kids.I also encourage [...]
This wonderful commentary by David Brooks was recently brought to my attention. It is entitled A Case of Mental Courage and I highly recommend it. I especially enjoyed the final paragraphs:To use a fancy word, there’s a metacognition deficit. Very few in public life habitually step back and think about the weakness in their own [...]
Growing up, I watched Star Trek but I never considered myself a “Trekkie.” Recently, I have to the conclusion that I should have been paying closer attention to the show. For example, look at the photo of Captain Piccard. Doesn’t the device he’s holding look like an iPad? Interestingly, the show was produced in 1987. [...]
"... from the table of my memoryI'll wipe away all trivial fond recordsAll saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,That youth and observation copied there." -- Hamlet, Act.1, Scene V
The Wall Street Journal has a chilling article on bioterrorism in today’s paper. At the end of the article, one analyst tries to make everyone feel better by saying, “The idea that four guys in a cave are going to create bioterrorism from scratch--that will be never, ever, ever.” And, of course, he is right [...]
Did you know that if you could fold a piece of paper 50 times it would reach a height of nearly 62 million miles. Such is the incredible power of exponential growth. I now ask you to keep this analogy in mind as you view the future of shape shifting robots. The technology is fairly [...]
How do you know what you don't know? It sounds like an inane question. After all, how can you possibly know what you don't know? The answer is that you can't. This doesn't imply, however, that the question isn't important. In fact, it is vital to your future success because it will keep you learning and [...]
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I love this picture. It is a wonderful example of how the future has a way of getting better, faster, smaller and cheaper.
The Economist has an excellent article on the wisdom of businesses and law firms alike continuing to rely on "billable hours." Often, billing by the hour does not align a lawyer's interests with those of his or her client; and, from the perspective a law firm, it has been estimated that between 10% and 30% [...]
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