So, I’m at a cocktail party and can’t for the life of me remember the dude’s name and what I learned about him at the last networking event I attended for unemployed geeks. Enter the latest cool device from MIT students which can make me seem a bunch smarter than my normal IQ or [...]
I hadn’t really thought very much about Buckminster Fuller in a few years. I was busy with my ordinary life, worrying about election rhetoric, bills, my current clients, and other assorted things. But there he was, just behind my right shoulder, whispering to me like an old friend.
“Uh-huh.” he said. “Systems thinking again. [...]
“Rapidly increasing food prices are impacting the world’s poorest people. The standard of living for many people in developing countries has been halved as the cost of rice, the staple diet of so many, has doubled within a year. Between 2005 and 2007 the cost of corn rose 21%, rice 74%, Soya 87% and wheat [...]
WAtching TV recently I surfed into a program featuring Buzz Aldrin, former astronaut. He was talking about his trip to the moon and how the moon was “Magnificent Desolation.” What a fantastic term to use for something so awesome and indescribable.
Buzz also mentioned that he supported trips into space for the common person. [...]