tech, startups, internet
In search of the new “internet”.
In search of the new “internet”. What’s the next innovation that will change the world? It could be any one or more of these. | learn more
oh, chicago
Love food trucks? Politicians don’t.
Love food trucks? Politicians don’t. “You get somebody sick in Chicago, it’s a $200 fine,” Geller says. “You park too close to a restaurant, it’s $1,000. Those restaurants’ profits are more important than public health? The city of Chicago has […]
fun facts
Maps are lying to you.
Maps are lying to you. I still remember when it sunk in that our typical world map is one big lie. When a tour guide in Colombia told us that the country is bigger than Texas and California combined, I didn’t […]
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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Clayton Christensen applies his innovation framework to the education industry, an effective monopoly that’s resistant to true disruption. With examples galore, he builds a case for how we can expect disruptive innovation to change mass market education. While his timing […]
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How Will You Measure Your Life?
Okay so this one is a tiny bit self help-y, but really not so much. The author’s (Clayton Christensen of The Innovator’s Dilemma fame) premise is that his class at Harvard Business School had the best of intentions and the […]
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The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War by Stephen Kinzer
Imagine if you and your brother worked together. Then imagine if you worked together in the government. Keep going – one of you is Secretary of State and the other is Director of the CIA. That’s the Dulles brothers. Together, […]
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain’s autobiographical story about “coming up” in the world of kitchens and cooking. He narrates the book himself, which I really enjoyed because he delivers his writing with so much authenticity as well as clarify. If you like food, […]
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Siddhartha’s Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment
This author makes a case for the idea that mindfulness/meditation has tangible benefits, backing it up with studies and wrapping it around the story of Siddhartha and the foundation of Buddhism. The studies are, by the author’s own admission, fairly […]
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The story starts 70,000 years ago and takes you through the cognitive revolution, the agricultural revolution, and all of the revolutions since then. It starts out with a strong “anthropology” focus, giving insights (and the author’s opinions) into evolutionary traits […]
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@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex
This book is written by a journalist who has been following cyber-security for a long time. Your computer is probably already hacked. Cyber war is the next frontier of war, and the US doesn’t want to give up its military […]