Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize, discusses the optimism that we’ll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. “I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down.”
Gmail is boiling the frog – and we are the frog Google has sucked millions of people into its web by delivering a feature-packed email service that comes only at the price of our privacy. And, as we continue to enjoy its benefits – and compare them, usually favourably, with the alternatives, we must face…
Lifehacker has a fantastic article about what to “say to your children”. “You really tried hard on that!” “I appreciate it so much when you cooperate!” “I see red, blue and yellow! Can you tell me about your picture?” “Thank you so much for helping me clean up!” “It’s OK to cry.”
This is a very moving TEDx Talk by travel writer Lavinia Spalding. What she does is brilliant. She is an advocate for traveling women and publishes their unique “personal essays”. The most interesting part is that she not only cares for writing technique, grammar, in-depth journalistic details and technical stuff like that. But one of…
Pope Francis, the People’s Pope What makes this Pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the church at all. People weary of the endless parsing of sexual ethics, the buck-passing infighting over lines of authority when all the while (to…
Melissa Yeong wrote a really in-depth piece in the Financial Post “I am investing to build a sustainable and growing stream of passive income with the goal of it covering our household expenses by the time I am 45 years old. We won’t necessarily quit working at that point; it’s just for the goal of…
This week Tim Cook did something that reignited some outwards passion that he often keeps on the down low. At the Apple shareholders meeting, he backlashed when questioned about pulling out from company activities that did not add to the bottom line. The second, in which the representative asked Cook to commit on the spot…
