John Henry Clippinger’s book “A Crowd of One.” has a bunch of interesting thoughts in it. However they are not really wound into anything in particular… just left…
Reading a great book this morning, The Nature of Technology, by Brian Arthur. Simultaneously been having discussions with Mike Harrold on the nature of conspiracies, in light of…
I really enjoy traveling. Even in our globalized world, context still matters. Today was the first time I’ve seen a designated highway realized in a dirt road….
Roger Burkhart, Joe Lambke, Alfred Hubler, Massimiliano SpazianiBrunella, & Joris Prikken
todays discussion of “scientific consulting” competition space:
Media Lab/MIT
CANet/Northwestern
BizNet/SFI
All provide a means for corporations…
Objects and the theory of culture. It is amazing that in valuable objects, such as those that we call art, the embodiment of a culture is compressed…
What does it take to open one’s mind to thoughts previously embedded, or considered fixed?
Safety, comfort? Privacy? What about stimuli?
Somehow the Museum of Contemporary Art’s marketing…
People interact in strange ways… All powerful. The curious thing is how much power resides in the Other. Sure that was God for a time. But even without…
Visiting the construction site today… it is revealing to hear people discuss the drastically different sides of the building: massive, floating, concrete panels on one side; and, darkly…
how can music compare with the visual arts? More specifically, after viewing the Chicago Symphony playing Dvorak at the Art Institute:
why does Dvorak sound like a…