Don’t limit our children’s imagination based on the model we know today
When our children grow up, the world will be very different. If we impose what we know now on them, their imagination will not go beyond the limits of our knowledge.
Author Archives: 5tephen 4eo
Digital Minimalism
This book would have difficulty gaining traction during the halcyon days of social media. As it is, the tide seemed to have turned these days, with many people “threatening” to delete their Facebook profile. According to Cal Newport, a digital minimalist is someone who “can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge… Read More »
The Impact Equation
When you read The Impact Equation, you get the feeling that Chris Brogan and Julien Smith have clobbered together an acronym to fit their narrative for this follow-up book to Trust Agents. The dead giveaway is when the authors advised that you can change your “frame of reference” to derive “new meaning” to what you’re… Read More »
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)
I wish I can call Damn Good Advice a damn good book of advice, but it’s mostly tailor-made for the advertising industry, nicely illustrated with eye-catching and thought-provoking design. The introduction gives a clear indication of what you can expect from this book: In 1951, I was drafted into the army. My first day at… Read More »
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
If you’re interested in military “intelligence”, or any of the buzzwords like “shared consciousness” and “empowered execution” that are thrown about liberally by the authors, then Team of Teams might appeal to you. Otherwise, this book will read like a boring account of McChrystal’s glory days in the anti-terror task force, which the General tried… Read More »
Set Phasers To Stun
Neither Trekker nor Trekkie, I can however sum up this book in one word: “Fascinating.” Apart from an episode-by-episode, season-by-season rundown of the series from TOS to TNG, as well as the motion pictures that came in between, Set Phasers To Stun includes interesting fodder on the creative processes behind the production (at times these… Read More »