In partnership with Campus Tel Aviv (powered by Google Entrepreneurs), Techonomy will facilitate a series of conversations on June 5th in Tel Aviv about Israel’s emerging role as a tech superpower. The two-hour event will begin with a talk by Techonomy’s David Kirkpatrick, followed by … Continue readingBringing Techonomy to Israel to ask: Can Israel Be the Tech Capital for the Next Five Billion?
Nesting instinct refers to an urge in pregnant animals to prepare a home for the upcoming newborn(s). It is found in a variety of animals (both mammals and birds) including humans. My form of ‘nesting’, somewhat to Noam’s disappointment, is not of the kind that … Continue readingDigital Nesting – Where the primal me meets the 21st century and how my instincts may save your shoes
Don’t be fooled by this seemingly innocent graduation class photo. Or by this well put Guardian introduction to the people creating our future. Singularity University at the serene NASA Research Park in CA is a dangerous place. I just returned from a week of SU … Continue readingSingularity University Executive Program should come with a warning
Here’s the full list of my updated favorites.
From what was once an old Mayan village, Noam and I look back at 4000 years of human evolution and look forward to 2012 and the future of our species. Our traditional new year’s greeting, this time from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, with our own 8 … Continue reading2012, Singularity or Apocalypse? [our new year’s video greeting]
[quote]Perfection, that’s what it’s about. It’s those moments, when you can feel the perfection of creation, the beauty of physics, the wonder of mathematics, and the elation of action and reaction, and that is the kind of perfection that I want to be connected to” – Samuel T. … Continue readingBattlestar Galactica left me with a choice: I’m going for the option that takes the bigger leap of faith
Inspring stories of successful entrepreneurs, artists, visionaries who follow their passion for an idea. They all share a healthy disrespect for the traditional way of getting things done and a flair for the New Media. Key viral marketing strategies and the secret ingredient in their … Continue reading[animated presentation] The Secret Ingredient in Kickstarting Ideas that Spread Far and Wild
To not make matters worse for my friend, I’ll keep the companies involved anonymous. Let’s for now call the high-tech company that’s trying to do something meaningful in the world ‘Startup’, and the suing company ‘Shell’. This is a true story of Shell and Startup. … Continue readingHow to make $100K offering zero value and kill a startup on the way
Inevitable? Tough one… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7NWdxFAHdY[/youtube]