George Dyson is a fascinating person and the grandfather of another fascinating person, Esther Dyson, who I have mentioned before on this blog. I found Dyson’s quote featured in the (EDGE #295) as relevant for
I really liked Dave Winer’s recent analysis of what he calls the “continuous bootstrapping effect” of social media platforms. Twitter is the current holder of the baton in a series of social media bootstraps, each
The New York Times is running an interesting story today on Larry Gagosian’s influence within the world of art. It struck me that the service Gagosian offers and business he has built a lucrative and
Paul Graham has another thought provoking essay this month titled, After Credentials I am going to quote extensively from Paul’s article (italics) and then add my own thoughts after each paragraph (non-italics). — A few
Peter Thiel with some interesting insights on the root cause of the 2008 bank failures… … Peter explained, he recognized that the leading investment banks were in much deeper trouble than their share prices reflected.