Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

Radical Evolution

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

I just finished reading Radical Evolution and really enjoyed it. Its author – Joel Garreau – does a very good job at introducing the people who have mapped out the possible scenarios for the 21st century. He interviews well-known futurists – Ray Kurzweil, Bill Joy, and Jaron Lanier – ...

BHL Go Home

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Rarely have I read as entertaining a book review as the New York Times' review of BHL's latest opus. The title - AMERICAN VERTIGO Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville - says it all: pompous, rambling, and ripe with cliches. To top it all, the translation seems particularly poor, ...