Carnage for Dubai’s Creative Class
Carnage for Dubai’s Creative Class When policies and systems devastate innovationCars are being abandoned in record numbers at Dubai International Airport. The dust-covered Mercedes and BMW’s at the Dubai International Airport is a tell-tale reminder of...
The Virtual Country
The Virtual Country The Virtual Country Six Possible Scenarios for the Creation of Viable Virtual Countries The Internet, while still in its infancy, has created borderless economies, that are confusing the issues of power and control, and even the sovereignty of...
The Library of the Future Series: Part 3 – The Electronic Outpost
The Library of the Future Series: Part 3 – The Electronic Outpost As a public entity, libraries have been evolving. No longer are they the book-centric institutions of the mid 1900s. But the changes we’ve seen to date are only a tiny fraction of the changes we...
Nanotech and the Precautionary Principal
Nanotech and the Precautionary Principal The Precautionary Principal and the shifting onus of responsibilityThe future will be neither as good as some would lead us to believe, or as bad as other would have us think. But it is the onus of responsibility that becomes...