The mathematical field of game theory, explored by John Von Neumann in the ’40s, and broadened by John Nash in the late ’50s and beginning of the ’60s has been applied mainly to economics. To me it is interesting, because I view it as a discipline where the experimental subjects can, sometimes even must be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘people’
One click too many: hail to the sysadmin and the scrupolous commenter both!
March 31st, 2008
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Imagine the nightmare scenario: your blog is doing ok, but you know it needs a total refresh for many, many reasons. You decide to do it, and find the right team, but before they can begin, the machine, which happens to be a virtual machine sitting on some hardware, needs to be rebuilt, so that [...]
Endorsing Barack Obama
February 4th, 2008
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The changes necessary to keep our societies aligned with the needs of a desirable future can only be accomplished by those who belong to that future. Barack Obama is a choice for a desirable future. It also helps that, according to the Washington Post’s political compass survey, my views are strongly aligned with his. The [...]
Your balance in times of extreme change – the opinion of the Dalai Lama
December 17th, 2007
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The changes that we observe around us are accelerating, and in a positive feedback loop the successive cycles feed on the previous ones’ effects. The source of these changes is technology, as application of the increased knowledge we have of the world around us. As individuals, and as societies we have demonstrated to be very [...]
Planet ready to say killing and death are wrong?
November 16th, 2007
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Death is not the solution. Death is the problem. The UN has started the final procedures to put to a vote in front of the General Assembly a resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. While not binding, the adoption of a resolution like this would be a further step towards an understanding [...]
Couldn’t liveblog at the World Business Forum, but twittered
October 23rd, 2007
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There were a lot of very good speakers at the World Business Forum, and I was glad to be able and attend some of the sessions, and also to mingle with the other speakers. I met Eisner, from Disney, Chizen of Adobe, Perez of Kodak, Ray Kurzweil, and Colin Powell, well, of Kleiner Perkins, he [...]
Busy week in the US, but free for two breakfasts
September 2nd, 2007
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I will be in New York on Monday and Tuesday, in San Diego on Wednesday, and in San Francisco until Monday. The week is pretty full, but if you are around New York on the 4th, or in San Francisco on the 7th, and want to have breakfast, let me know as I am still [...]
“Born on a blue day” by Daniel Tammet
July 5th, 2007
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I saw a piece of a BBC documentary about a British savant, Daniel Tammet, and was fascinated, since contrary to the character of Rain Man in the film, Danil was able to explain his capabilities, and observe the functioning of his brain. I picked up his book straight away when I saw it and read [...]
Al Shugart, father of the hard disk dies
December 15th, 2006
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Al Shugart, founder of Seagate Technology, the leading hard disk manufacturer, died yesterday at 76. Shugart invented the technology behind the hard disks, starting from a a capacity at that time unbelievable of 5 MB, and built starting from scratch the company that brought them with a constant evolution, to become the basis of our [...]
