While sitting in the airport lounge the other day I took a mental tally of the number of people in virtual conversations (via laptop, mobile phone, text, etc.) versus those engaged in actual conversation. To my surprise the ratio was nearly 6:1 in favor of the virtual communicators! The technological advances of our era have …
Continue reading Distraction or Mindfulness: It’s up to you.
Bob Herbert's recent column in the New York Times, "Putting our Brains on Hold," is a real wake-up call. In a nutshell, Herbert described the precipitous drop in quality of a U.S. education versus that of other developed nations over the last few decades. As a father of two young boys, I must say that …
I believe that supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is the key to a brighter future for the United States. If many of the most successful people in business these days - industry titans like Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Facebook whiz Mark Zuckerberg - dropped out of school to implement their dreams, wouldn't we would be …
One of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the decades to come is dealing with population growth. The statistics are astonishing. Every second 5 people are born and 2 die, a net gain of 3 people every second. At this rate, the world population will double every forty years and will be 12 billion in …
As a father, a husband and a citizen of the world, I am compelled to do everything within my power to leave the world a better place than I found it. In my life I have witnessed many remarkable changes, the collapse of one of the world's great superpowers, the invention of new modes of communication …
Continue reading The Power of Food: Jamie Oliver’s One Wish for Humanity
We live in an era of momentous change. The industrial revolution feathered out and the information revolution feathered in over the course of the last century and the world is a different place. The digital revolution is transforming every aspect of our lives and economic activity is becoming more and more virtual. This massive shift …
Gregory Hake 