If one thing is clear, machines are evolving quickly. We may be on the cusp of an enlightened, utopian age, where machines use their extraordinary science to aid humans in ways never thought possible. Alternatively our technology could surpass us and render us obsolete as we give rise to a superior technological form of life. Scientist from around the world are in a race to invent a god. Well...
As global citizens, we must all unite with common purpose to solve the problems that effect us all. People are people, from next door, another island, they are all the same. We share the planet, and the same needs as human beings. When people flee their homeland, we must open our eyes and our minds to their plight. It is possible to create a solution if everyone is involved and shares the load...
Perhaps the government is doing Dunedin a favour. Adversity and a common threat brings people together. In economics and business, there is a constant state of positive and negative forces creating growth and decline that we all tend to ignore until something sticks out above the norm and smacks us in the face. Recent job losses in Dunedin have caught the attention of many. While this acts as a...
I was really impressed when the Iphone brought in multitasking support but it makes me wonder how many people walk around with too many tasks going at once in their head. I often take a moment to stop and shut down the applicaitons running on the phone. It feels good for some reason to get them to stop. One at a time I click through and turn them off. I know they can probably continue to run in...
Humans can be simple creatures, we love to generalize and place things into boxes. It makes it much easier to understand our world. While someone may have diverse and complex interests we define people by their role in society. Fred is a plumber, John is a lawyer, everyone has a role to fulfill. City identity is similar. Consumers like to generalize about locations. It seems to me of late that...
Work, well that’s what we call it. It isn’t really what we think it is. Work is an exchange of utility for another. Somewhere in between we get some money and that helps the exchange part run alot smoother or not. Work means we can provide a service to our community in so much that we can share the benefits of belonging to a community. The fact that some people get paid more than...
Perhaps it is not pedigree that separates one man from another – a mans success is defined by whether his will is determined by every voice that resides in his head. It is enough to live to a personal standard – to conceive of and seek the accomplishment of challenging goals. To think and feel and autonomously action irregardless of mood and thinking. This is a state of true self...
It was once a highly useful search engine sitting at the opposite side of the world. Now Google is a super brand and its reach grows more global and more local every day. Lets face it, Google is way more local and real. Its now setup camp in our back yard whether we like it or not. Today I got a letter from Google and I am sure that tomorrow a Google representative will be knocking at the door. I...
If you are afraid of losing your current way of life you are afraid of change. The mind simplifies and interprets your fear to mean all change both good and bad. Thus your fear of loss blocks transformational change. You must be willing to remove in order to gain.
Who should be paying the professional content providers? News media players know they have to be online, generations are abandoning traditional papers by the thousands. So traditionally this means abandoning the subscription mindset and this income channel. Ironically cruel is the delay in online advertisers jumping on board. Naturally this process is occurring gradually. Thankfully, distribution...