by zen | Apr 20, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] Rule of the Clan by Mark Weiner I often review good books. Sometimes I review great ones. The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals about the Future of Individual Freedom  by Mark S. Weiner gets...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 7, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — where would we be without our digital devices, minds & memories? ] . Two converging thoughts, the first from John Robb at Global Guerrillas: Over the weekend, ISIS threatened the life of Jack Dorsey, a co-founder and Chairman of...
by zen | Sep 4, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Big Brother’s little brothers are listening in on your calls, tapping your data When the government and ruling elites fashion a Creepy-State, it inevitably spawns a surveillance arms race. If your private data is...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the game of Connect the Dots in play and practice ] . CIA's (now ret’d) Nada Bakos examines the Al Qaida board in the HBO docu, Manhunt. Manhunt, the HBO documentary, does what (not having been there and seen that at the time)...
by zen | Feb 13, 2013 | Monitor
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson This is a fun book by the former editor-in-chief of WIRED , author of The Long Tail and the co-founder of 3D Robotics, Chris Anderson. Part pop culture, part tech-optimist futurism and all DIY business book,...