Interesting to read Robert J. Sternberg's (Professor at Cornell) investment theory of creativity: Creative people are like good investors: They buy low and sell high in the world of ideas. The creative person buys low by presenting a unique idea and attempts to convince other people of its value. After convincing others that the idea … Continue reading An Investment Approach to Creativity →

Our identity in permanent beta and as a by-product of our interpretation of (or reaction to) the world. From "The Start-Up of You": You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges. (Source: The Start-Up of You)

wow, ‘Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018’ just completed its crowd funding (ya I donated so I can haz a Mars Orbit selfie too, but thats besides the point). Yes, we will never know how far this project will take us, but at least they are trying (perhaps we should forever change … Continue reading To Mars and beyond? →

Olivier Libaux (Nouvelle Vague) covers "Go with the flow" by Queens Of The Stone Age. Beaut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6eznWL9oJE ..and lyrical genius that Josh Homme is: She said "I'll throw myself away They're just photos after all" I can't make you hang around I can't wash you off my skin Outside the frame, is what we're leaving … Continue reading Uncovered QOTSA – “Go With The Flow” →

Seth Godin tops himself once again. Someone who is likable, honest, curious and thoughtful is easy to think of as gifted. This natural charisma and care is worth seeking out in the people we choose to work with. The thing is, it's a copout to call these things gifts. You might be born with a … Continue reading Seth Godin – Not a gift →

From Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (page 151): You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or … Continue reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance →

Archaeologists may have uncovered evidence of the oldest Buddhist shrine yet discovered, dating to around 550 B.C. Lumbini Buddhist Garden (birthplace) image source: Wikipedia (remember going there when I was around 10 yrs old - before the garden was built. times are a changing)

Doc Searls' eerily accurate piece on Steve Jobs (1997): Steve’s art has always been first class, and priced accordingly. There was nothing ordinary about it. The Mac “ecosystem” Steve talks about is one that rises from that Art, not from market demand or other more obvious forces. And that art has no more to do … Continue reading Doc Searls on Steve Jobs (1997) →