The Disruptive Nature of the Sharing Economy: Finding the Next Great Opportunities
The Disruptive Nature of the Sharing Economy: Finding the Next Great Opportunities Many of us suffer from a sinister and often contagious disorder, something I call just-in-case disease. We own toolboxes full of tools, just in case we need to fix something. We have...
Nature is Not Human-Centric
Nature is Not Human-Centric At a recent event I posed the question, “Is the intelligence of nature greater than the intelligence of humans?” After pondering this question, the audience responded with a mixture of “there is no intelligence in nature,” and “nature is...
The Quantified Self, the Great College Killer
The Quantified Self, the Great College Killer Who are you as an individual? As part of a family, you are measured by your domestic life and the relatives closest to you. As a prospective employee, you are evaluated by your skills, talents, and knowledge. As part of a...
Eight Reason Why Future Computers will make better Decisions than Doctors
“2014 will be the year the ’quantified self’ goes mainstream.” Those were the words Silicon Valley prodigy Marc Andreessen used in a recent article to describe changes about to happen to American healthcare. The ‘quantified self,’ also known as lifelogging, is a trend...