What makes something a lesson? From whence does the judgement arise that the outcome was not ideal? That the process should have been different? I have learnt something only by choosing to learn something. Being conscious that it is a lesson, and to examine it to understand why there is…

Complicit Corruption in our Society Sep 05, 2017 8:09am I am long overdue in personally addressing the blindness that we men have to the debt that has been built up over thousands of years of oppressive action against women that continues to grant men a position of privilege that is…

Aug 12, 2017 6:56pm Gender politics make it difficult for us to have an open conversation about many prevailing social issues in the technology sector until we can discuss things not as men or women but as a human race. The trauma of our history of gender oppression is real…

Jul 04, 2017 1:38pm I was quiet the other day and recalled a quote by Anais Nin — “We don’t see thing as they are; we see them as we are.” There has been beauty unfolding in my life. As I watch the world make sense of the facts and…

May 07, 2017 9:41am VCs urging blind pursuit of growth are just blunt tools of the system. Money chasing money. Growth is not evolution. One’s a fucking cancer.

Apr 14, 2017 10:53am Tesla’s Sad Last Interview: “I’m a Defeated Man. I Wanted to Illuminate the Whole Earth.” This is the most precious of interviews I’ve read in so long. I wept and I was invigorated. Everything that lives is related to a deep and wonderful relationship: man and the stars, amoebas’ and the sun, the heart and the circulation of an infinite number of worlds. These ties are unbreakable, but they can be tame and to propitiate and begin to create new and different relationships in the world, and that does not violate the old.

Generations Beyond Us Apr 01, 2017 3:04pm Yesterday I did a fireside chat at a conference. And while I’m sitting here on my flight home, thought I would share some of the content and how it relates to a couple of thoughts about the consumer technology world, and hope one…

Jan 14, 2017 7:13am What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie How beautiful! Function is form when there is clarity of intent. The journey towards creation then isn’t about looking for inspiration outside ourselves, but peering deeper within. And it warrants restating that constraints drive creativity.

Dec 08, 2016 8:09am As is often the case this time of year, I get asked about life or career advice, and what I thought I’d share about is how I make my choices. I’d welcome some perspectives through the sharing of a sliver of mine. …