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Book Notes: Abundance

May 27, 2012 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

This week I read Abundance - The Future is Better Than You Think, by Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis.  This book serves up the ambitious vision that, for the first time in history, technology has the potential to ‘significantly raise the basic standards of living for every man, woman, and child of the planet.’ The early part of the book lays out the bold promise ... Continue Reading about Book Notes: Abundance

Tagged With: Future

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Book Notes: Stop Stealing Dreams

March 18, 2012 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

Our educational system needs rebooting according to Seth Godin’s new e-book, Stop Stealing Dreams.  This is a manifesto which suggests that our system of schooling, once predicated on scarcity of access to information, has been destroyed by the connection economy.  The skills, attitudes, and needs of our graduates have changed dramatically.  Our society and the way we ... Continue Reading about Book Notes: Stop Stealing Dreams

Tagged With: Physicians

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Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields

October 16, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

I’ve been feeling a little uncertain recently.  I’ve got some new projects on the horizon that represent some very different directions for me.  So I read Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields.  It’s as if the book was written just for me. Uncertainty is written to give you an understanding of your own creative process.  It offers daily practices and changes that will ... Continue Reading about Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields

Tagged With: Creativity

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The Truth About Weird Doctors

September 27, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

This week Seth Godin released We Are All Weird, the latest installment in The Domino Project.  Godin suggests that the mass market that defined us over the past couple of generations is dead.  Our cultural orientation toward the center of the bell curve (normal) is progressively giving way to fringe groups that lie away from the center.  The weird have forgone the ... Continue Reading about The Truth About Weird Doctors

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Book Notes: The Filter Bubble

July 9, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

I recently read The Filter Bubble - What the Internet is hiding from you by Eli Pariser.  As you’re probably aware, Google looks at your search history and takes it into consideration in subsequent queries.  While over time our search becomes refined and personalized, Pariser argues that this happens at the expense of making our world view increasingly myopic.  If ... Continue Reading about Book Notes: The Filter Bubble

Tagged With: Curation, Facebook, Google, Review

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4 Reasons You Should Read Enchantment

May 1, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

Last week I read Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki.  Enchantment is a modern guide ‘the art of influence and persuasion’ that offers solid, practical advice on how work with people to get things done.  It’s a unique manifesto for personal conduct – a guide to the moral exertion of influence. Read Enchantment.  Here’s why: It’s written for everyone.  Enchantment is a ... Continue Reading about 4 Reasons You Should Read Enchantment

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