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âNiccolo is a good diplomat: he is interesting to talk to; he listens carefully, writes well, thinks ahead.â
Like a raging river, information courses along faster than ever before.The maelstrom will never cease. In fact, her gales will blow harder, her raindrops grow fatter with the bits and bytes that make up our digital deluge.We have too few hours to comb through too much information. Not to mention, it takes real, hard, honest work to separate the... See more
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. âE.O. WilsonI am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to steer my ship. âLouisa May Alcott
The truth that applies to many fields, which can frustrate some as much as it energizes others, is that the person who tells the most compelling story wins. Not who has the best idea, or the right answer. Just whoever tells a story that catches peopleâs attention and gets them to nod their heads.Harari recently said about writing Sapiens:I thought,... See more
I mention the above because via writing online (how else?!) I met writer, podcaster, and cryptophile extraordinaire Jason Levin who kindly invited me to discuss the interesting times in which we find ourselves.Amongst other things, we explore:Friendship before, during, and after collegeThe origins of White NoiseForthcoming White Noise pieces"Ode to... See more
The result is that the New Faith, which rejects nearly every fundamental principle of liberal modernity â the existence of an objective and immutable reality that can be discovered by reason; the scientific method; an enduring human nature; the primacy of the sovereign individual over the collective; impartial equality before the law; secular... See more
The best thing for a company or projectâs narrative is to have a lot of people with credibility to the target audience tell stories with roughly similar positive themes again and again over a long period of time, with new examples of the same positive themes added in. The more authentic and the less coordinated it all seems, the better. When it... See more
Those interested in diplomacy will read this book with pleasure and profit. And indulge its idiosyncrasies. Cooperâs analytical skill lies in reconstructing complex chains of events; his synthetic talent, in making sense of it all. The latter was pronounced in his earlier work, Breaking. Here he adds analysis. His is an intellectual apparatus... See more