My gaming credentials: I will start by admitting that I am a gamer. I have been playing games … Continue reading “Report from the video game wars: Wii vs. PS3 vs. Xbox360”

Turn the pages of any paper covering foreign policy and it is easy to become depressed about the … Continue reading “The Geo-Political Landscape: The Perspective of an Optimist”

While true polymaths like Leonardo da Vinci are rare, there is an increasing body of evidence to suggest … Continue reading “The benefits of intellectual curiosity”

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the … Continue reading “Yet more inspirational quotes”

Jack Weatherford provides an interesting and much more positive account of Genghis Khan’s life and legacy than I … Continue reading “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is amazing and surprising!”

Check out the cover of the latest Economist 🙂 I can’t wait to read it 🙂

I came across the following article in the Wall Street Journal last week. Many of the themes and … Continue reading “The Pursuit of Happiness: six experts tell what they’ve done to achieve it”

I count The Thomas Crown Affair with Pierce Brosnan as one of my favorite movies and was amused … Continue reading “The Real Thomas Crown Affair!”

I wanted to share with you a wonderful idea called ChangingThePresent.org. Through this site, which partners with the … Continue reading “For the holidays: Do good, feel better”

The conference was interesting with the quality of the debates and presentation on par with anything done in … Continue reading “LeWeb3 Conference Debrief”

I just arrived in Paris from Buenos Aires for LeWeb3 conference organized by Loic Lemeur. I was horrified … Continue reading “France and the mirage of progess”

The predictions for the next 50 years by dozens of world class scientists are wide ranging and intriguing. … Continue reading “Read New Scientist’s 50th Anniversary Special Edition”

As a dog owner and lover, I am very moved by stories like this one: An 81-year old … Continue reading “Amazing dog story”

I had heard of Richard Dawkins but had never read any of his books. The book is an … Continue reading “The God Delusion is great”

Alex Vilenkin does an amazing job at describing in laymen’s terms the recent findings in astrophysics and cosmology. … Continue reading “Many Worlds in One is fascinating!”