Social Media and the Revolution in Egypt
Revolution in Egypt is the story of the week. Over the past seven days, ordinary Egyptians have come together to oppose the 30 year rule of Hosni Mubarak. The protests […]
Revolution in Egypt is the story of the week. Over the past seven days, ordinary Egyptians have come together to oppose the 30 year rule of Hosni Mubarak. The protests […]
Parag Kanna has a fascinating thesis on what the Davos conference is. Davos, for the unfamiliar, “where each January the planet’s most influential heads of state, CEOs, mayors, religious leaders, […]
Anybody who has spent significant time with military officers will know that they are often smart, ambitious, patriotic people. Yet, at the same time the military as a whole is […]
“As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously noted, different from you and me. What is more relevant to our times, though, is that the rich of today are also different from the […]
“Did you know that only 3% of literature in the United States is literature in translation? Words Without Borders has published everyone from Ha Jin to Javier Marias, and now […]
Let’s start this year off with a bang! I just got back from HeatSync Labs, where the local hackers are taking their eyes off of 3D printing, near-space missions, tesla […]
One of humanity’s oldest impulses has been to conquer death. From Egyptian mummification to the Christian heaven, the idea that some way, through material or spiritual works, we can transcend […]
“Technology is way advanced, and it’s the business models that are lagging way behind, limiting what social entrepreneurs are able to accomplish,” says Victoria Hale, founder of two nonprofit pharmaceutical […]
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales talks about leadership at the Washington Post. Wikipedia is an example of the internet at it’s best. From the contribution of volunteers, and small infrastructure technological infrastructure, […]
No man knows the nature of evil like Dr. Philip Zimbardo. In 1971, he transformed college students into brutal guards and traumatized prisoners in the horrific Stanford Prison Experiment. The […]