This video is from 26th January, 2014. Truthdig.com has the details: The Edward Snowden Interview the U.S. Media Didn’t Want You to Watch. Excerpts from it below the video. http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=e2ce8368acfc “Every time you pick up a phone, dial a number,… Read More ›
Smart People
Sam Harris on “The Ten Commandments”
“If you think that it would be impossible to improve upon the Ten Commandments as a statement of morality, you really owe it to yourself to read some other scriptures. Once again, we need look no further than the Jains:… Read More ›
Harris, Hitchens and Gadkari
Two men I admire most are Harris and Hitchens. Awesome speakers and writers, they have the courage to say it like they see it. In an age where politically correct mealy mouthed prevarication oozes out of spineless leaders leaving a… Read More ›
Wordly Wisdom According to Charlie Munger
The web is a wonderful place where if you have the required smarts, you can get yourself a pretty decent education. Just having a lot of information at the click of a mouse would not do. You have to know… Read More ›
A World of Opportunities
Came across a month-old post by Seth Godin “Only two years left” (via Myke’s Weblog) which is worth paying attention to. An excerpt below the fold:
Who’s India’s Wu?
I came across the name Gordon Wu in an item in a recent Knowledge@Wharton mailing. It was titled “Gordon Wu Sees Huge Opportunities in China’s Rapid Urbanization.” Wu, a Hong Kong native, graduated from Princeton in 1958, and in 1969… Read More ›
Richard Dawkins’ Diary
Anyone who knows me soon realizes that I have few heroes, and I consider most entities of the human persuasion to be at least mildly stupid, if not outright moronic. Prof Richard Dawkins makes the very short list of my… Read More ›
