Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Twilight of American Culture

Posted on November 24, 2007 by NealWalters

This book was on the “must read’ list of business guru Mark Yarnell. I’ll try to add more opinion later, for now, here are some quotes to wet your appetite. Quotes: The United States, as Robert Kaplan suggests, is evolving … Continue reading →

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The Cathedral and the Bazzar – Eric S Raymond

Posted on November 18, 2007 by NealWalters

Subtitle: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary I must admit, that when I began this book, I didn’t know who Eric S Raymond was. Per Wikipedia, Raymond became a prominent voice in the open source movement … Continue reading →

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Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

Posted on November 17, 2007 by NealWalters

Book by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams “But the Internet has caused transactions costs to plunge so steeply that is has become much more useful to read Coase’s law, in effect backward: Nowadays firms should shrink until the cost … Continue reading →

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The Singularity Is Near – Ray Kurzweil

Posted on November 16, 2007 by NealWalters

Here are two quotes from the book to give you the big picture: “What then is the Singularity? It’s a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life … Continue reading →

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The Spike – by Damien Broderick

Posted on November 16, 2007 by NealWalters

Around 2050, or maybe even 2030, is when a technological Singularity, as it’s been termed, is expected to erupt. That, at any rate, is the considered opinion of a number of informed if unusually adventurous scientists. Professor Vinge called this … Continue reading →

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