There is a collaboration inherent in every effort to write (what I am doing now) and read (what you are doing now). Subsequently, there are implicit obligations to the collaborative process, and occassionally, I think it’s useful to re-state them, for those who’ve just jumped into the column and haven’t yet read anything that comes [...]
By this, I am not suggesting that the Net is simply an immense (Borges-like) storyline with myriad plots, characters, and authors. It is, however, a useful metaphor in the examination of several principles inherent in the system/mirror theorem.
The first, of course, is the quintessential element of Time, and the unusual (but not unique) tension between [...]
During my research of Quantum Computing, there were numerous references (both direct and indirect) to a more complex understanding of Time. Peter Lynds' work, in this regard, is quite compelling, and will certainly influence my next Mirror book. And certain new discoveries are stunning in their own right: 30 miles from where I was born, [...]
During an interview yesterday about this book, I was asked about the role of metaphor. There are many.
What I find most compelling in business (and in life) are those truths that apply in more than one discipline. Calligraphy and Swordsmanship. Shiva's dance and the movement of the planets. Why our neighborhoods, from an aerial view, [...]
It occurs to me that the "hardened" nature of books, so evocative for those of us who remember the Dewey Decimal System and so ancient for anyone who was text messaging before they learned how to drive a car, prevents the two-way exchange of communication. Naturally, my initial presentation of the book at the conference [...]
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