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the office: live anywhere option

Its the new frontier. Until we arrive its going to be a bumpy road. what changes will work harken in the next ten years.The Internet, telepresence and increasingly flexible management at many companies...

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crystal ball: the greatest show on earth

Forecasting. Prediction. Tea leaves and tarot cards. Everyone wants to know what the future holds. But which opinions are actually credible. In terms of economics and market prognostication there is...

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yellow fever: shining on

You have to wonder why  so many normally astute and bright people commit basic errors such as buying gold just before the  bubble pops. Part of the blame can be termed ” madness of crowds” , the...

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shrink to fit : the matrix of 1000 true fanatics

Digital commerce and the selling of art and cultural products via the web, is a final stage in a long process of transition to code creating from image creating. The idea of creativity as code, art...

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kingfish on the hustings

You have to wonder if this new phenomenon called Americans.select.org is an effort to establish a technocracy rule in the United States, something that Thorstein Veblen felt would be the inevitable...

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the state of the better

Property, according to Oscar Wilde has such dreary duties that it constitutes and endless bore. It is unbearable and prevents the full flowering of individualism. Property then, in the interest of the...

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beck t.v.

A whipping boy for sure, but Glenn Beck is onto something here, and it’s much more profound than the political divide. Its about viewer engagement and a new type of business model we are likely to see...

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124…surely you must be joking mr. feynman

One of the most divisive issues in Western society today are IQ tests. Hundreds of IQ societies exist which appear to be nothing more than serve a palliative function, enhance intellectual masturbation...

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swag voter

This does promise to be the most fractious and expensive election of all time. Its hard to see the GOP candidate getting in; not based on Obama’s record, but rather on the power of incumbency, the huge...

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fit as a fiddle

So, people are projected to live longer, barring apocalyptic events or wanton acts of nation state nihilism it appears that surpassing the longevity of parents and grandparents is becoming conventional...

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