An interesting Europe-wide coalition of cancer patients has been formed. We see the coalition as becoming the same kind of potent political force for good, and achieving results, not just for those who have been diagnosed with cancer, but for those in whom it can be prevented before it starts.
Read More »Wow! IT in permanent decline?
InfoWorld: IT in permanent decline, execs worry: September 19, 2003: By : Platforms Things are getting pessimistic! An Intel exec stated at an IT conference that the IT industry in the US may be heading into a state of permanent decline. Maybe that’s why Intel has just invested more money in a chip center in Western China. Here’s some attention-getting ...
Read More »Gates continues international donations
Bill and Melinda Gates continued contributing large amounts–$168 M this time–to diseases afflicting thrid-world countries. Malaria this time.
Read More »Accelerating change
Last weekend I attended the “Accelerating Change Conference” at Stanford, put on by the Accelerating Change Institute (ACI), a 501(c)3 with the sole purpose of facilitating—you guessed it—accelerating change. Accelerating change doesn’t just mean that things are changing faster, it means the rate of change itself is accelerating. The change rate is becoming exponential, and, according to some, we are ...
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