Amish

  • Osmotic effect

    BlackBerry was blamed for London Summer unrest while tech proponents gave it credits for Arab Spring. Tech is just out there, with its incremental and osmotic effect. What society chooses to do with it is entirely different. There will come a time when we do need to switch to energy-efficient light bulbs, paint our roofs white and…

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  • Years ago, my roommate invited me over for Thanksgiving. The ride from Penn State to Lancaster was a long but memorable one. It’s predominantly Amish there. And I remember discussing with his Dad about “Turning East” by Harvey Cox (the subject I took that summer). Years have gone by. While Western consciousness has yet turned…

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  • The medium (social network) resembles Amazon software source code (we recommend to you these people, read their profiles). You have to open a personal account like you would at Harmony.com, and boom, you start the handshakes : “Hello, my name is…”. Personal branding 2.0. Except, when it comes to cross-cultural connection, the First and Last…

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  • Long tail

    2,000 cars (Nano, by Tata) and $20 per gallon of gas? HP printer and ink model. Thin client, thick server. I got it, I got it! In the same vein, they should subsidize “Blu-ray” disc player, that way, more of us (late adopters) will get onboard quicker. Mid-summer! Beach time. But not innocence time. I…

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