Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.
A new study from the UK claims that people with a high IQ are more likely to be atheists. Now I know you expect me to be gloating…
The guy who wrote the MSFT Extreme Makeover blog has hung up his riding boots with a terrific summary post on Microsoft’s woes. After MSFT’s share price being…
I’m trying to work out who the top thinkers and visionaries are in Australia who can help us plot a course for 2050. I’ve put together a quick…
Paul Ryan asked me to write a story for the June/July issue of Anthill about digital media and entrepreneurship. I ended up writing something about how it seems…
I’m working on an idea and I need your help. I want to put together a list of the top thinkers in Australia. I mean the really amazing…
IEEE Spectrum has a series of new essays on the singularity from the likes of Vernor Vinge and Rodney Brooks (who have both been on this show in…
Hans Moravec has suggested that the human brain has a processing capacity of 10 quadrillion instructions per second (10 billion MIPS). In comparison, it was announced today that…
Andre writes the “Lost Parent Diary” blog and he recently contacted me about a podcast I did where I mentioned how my twin boys started saving their pocket…
Okay so – Steve’s crystal ball hasn’t been 100% accurate over the years – neither has BillG’s – but he’s also helped build Microsoft into the giant it…
It in the last few days I’ve had two startling, and somewhat depressing, conversations. In both instances, I had a debate with people I admire, for their intelligence…