Month: September 2013
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Edited by John Brockman Harper Perennial (2007) “Yesterday’s dangerous idea is today’s orthodoxy and tomorrow’s cliché.” — Richard Dawkins According to founder and editor, John Brockman, the Edge Question was first posed in 1998: “What…
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Here is an excerpt from an interview of Bruce DelMonico, director of admissions at Yale’s School of Management featured in an article by John A, Byrne for Poets & Quants, a social network. Its goal is to create a helpful…
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Here is a classic essay by Jennifer Jacquet for Scientific American magazine (October 26, 2011) in which she discusses Robert Trivers’ then latest book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life. To read the…
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The Sources of Innovation Eric von Hippel Oxford University Press (1988) In the “cave” of innovation shadows, here is a primary source of light To those of you who are unfamiliar with Eric von Hippel, here is an introduction: “I…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Glenn Burr during which he shares Raul Candeloro’s interview of Jamie Gerdsen, author of Squirrels, Boats and Thoroughbreds, published by River Grove Books (June 2013. Candeloro is the Executive Director of…
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There are dozens of reasons why you need to know about Edge.org. Here are three: 1. I know of no other single online resource that offers more content of superior quality and greater intellectual value than does Edge.org. 2. Its associates are among the…
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Thomas M. Sterner has studied Eastern and Western philosophy and modern sports psychology and trained as a jazz pianist. For more than twenty-five years, he served as the chief concert piano technician for a major performing arts center. He prepared…
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Rajat Taneja on “What I Learned from Steve Ballmer”
Here is an excerpt from an article by Rajat Taneja for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Steve Ballmer recently announced his retirement setting off a firestorm of analysis of…
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