Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

2012-02-29 Thread Owen Densmore
Abundance was discussed today on PBS's On Point: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/02/29/can-innovation-save-us Its interesting that much of the conversation was on tech/science and innovation. But it seems to me the big challenge is in the humanities and social sciences. How do we stop

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

2012-02-29 Thread Pamela McCorduck
Abundance is on my night table, Owen, but I haven't a very clear idea of when I'll get to it. Pamela On Feb 29, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: Abundance was discussed today on PBS's On Point: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/02/29/can-innovation-save-us Its interesting that much

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

2012-02-14 Thread Owen Densmore
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Stephen Guerin stephen.gue...@redfish.com wrote: Steven Kotler's book, Abundance, is in pre-release ordering. Please check it out! e-book's will be available at release. Congratulations, Steven! Any chance we could have a talk on the ideas in the book?

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

2012-02-14 Thread Steve Smith
I am pretty sure Kotler would agree to a reading, a public talk, etc. to publicize. I like Kotler's style and perspective in general but teaming up with Diamandis was killer. I disagree with a lot of their assumptions and their conclusions but like the general ideas they espouse and the