Tag: society

  • Thoughts on this special day

    Today, October 31, 2017, is a special day for me. For one, it’s my birthday, and a very round one at that. (Thanks for all the good wishes!) But also, 500 years ago today, an obscure cleric nailed some highly provocative statements on the door of a church in an obscure town, an act —…

  • Stupidity, Cleverness and Predictions

    According to the 10-yr anniversary edition of the Cluetrain Manifesto: There’s a lesson in there: it’s easier to predict stupidity than cleverness. Sort of makes you think when trying to write this blog …

  • Man or Mouse? Google’s China Move a Major Challenge to Yahoo, Microsoft et al

    It is fashionable for corporations to declare their firm intentions to make the world a better place. If only one’s competitors wouldn’t embark on bad practices, then one would not have to copy them, or so the disclaimer usually goes. Google’s threatened move out of China disrupts this excuse. You can bet that there are…