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As most of you know, for the past two years I’ve been out conducting a grand experiment of learning, living, and working from my sailboat most of the time, as I explore and experience this phenomenal planet of ours from the vantage point of the sea. I am currently anchored ... Read More
Time to “Tearn”?
For a number of years, I’ve been pondering how the Snowflake Effect1 could influence learning. For those who are new to this concept of the Snowflake Effect, in essence it’s about the transformation of society from a model of mass production to one of mass personalization. Think of it as ... Read More
Great Thoughts
Here's another posting derived from my ever growing list of items to blog about. This one springs from an article I read in the IEEE Spectrum back in Jan 2007. Did I mention I’m behind in my postings and the list is growing? However on the ... Read More
Finding More by Looking Less
For the past 2 weeks, I’ve noticed that I’ve been recalling a favorite metaphor many times in a great variety of conversations and communications with different people so I take this as a reminder to post a bit more about it. Many of you know my fondness for serendipity, ... Read More
Predicting the Future Starts Now!
In my previous posting “Inventing the Future” I covered the upcoming competition created by a combination of Jane McGonigal and the ten year forecast team at the Institute for the Future called “Superstruct”. They describe it as “the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game.” ... Read More
Happiness is the Snowflake Effect on Spaghetti Sauce
As Erik Duval, my fellow "snowflake" knows all too well from my incessant ramblings over the years, I’m of the sincere belief that the purpose of life is happiness. By this I mean happiness or joy of the very deep, profound kind: experiencing great joy in your own life ... Read More
Loving Lexicographical Learning
Related to my theme of languages, but through pure serendipitous discovery via my addiction to watching TED Talks, check out this TED talk by Erin McKean on Redefining the Dictionary. ... Read More
Coming to our Senses
If you have been kind enough to listen to me or read some of my entries on OCOT or my other writings, you may have correctly concluded that I suffer from a severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Contrary to popular opinion (and even some “experts”), ADD is not ... Read More
Experts…like you and me?
In previous postings, I’ve pointed out that we're living in a world of exponential change and that this is affecting all of us in many different ways. You can find my thoughts and references on this with a quick search on exponential change on OCOT as well as my ... Read More
Spontaneous Creative Combustion?
"Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." – Scott Adams Cultivating Creativity? In my previous post “Future Sources of Innovation, Discovery & Design” we looked at the growing number ... Read More
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