Thanks to Twitter I was able to catch some of an interesting conversation on Rogers 13 with LOLA organizer Andrew Francis. He suggested that the fact London Ontario is not where it should be… should be seen as an opportunity (I’m going from memory here so forgive me if my interpretation is a little skewed). [...]
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change,
cultural evolution,
disruptive innovation,
innovation,
leapfrog progress,
progress
My modest proposal took me largely by surprise. I was trying to write about ‘general creativity,’ but didn’t like any of the results. My failed efforts eventually degenerated into introspective, ironic, circular little jokes; the essay turned into a story about itself – an ‘auto-bibliography’ as I sometimes call it – that had nowhere to [...]
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creativity,
cultural evolution,
evolution
Back before the bubble-bust of 2000, there was a guy at my university — let’s call him Gordie — who tried convincing a couple of my business student friends that the future of the web would be less about e-commerce and more about entertainment. Our business friends didn’t buy the argument. They insisted rather that [...]
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cultural evolution,
education,
web 3.0
by Brian on 09-17-2007
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There are a few reasons I find it difficult to write about Jacques Barzun. The first reason is that he is something like my imaginary mentor and critic. When I write, I continually ask myself, “What would Barzun say about this?” Writing about him seems to double the pressure: now he isn’t just reading over [...]
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Barzun,
cultural evolution,
managing ideas,
pragmatism,
truth