Chris Guillebeau is the author of The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life (2014) and he recently stopped by Google to talk about his new book. Here is the publisher’s ad copy for the book: A remarkable book that will both guide and inspire, The Happiness of Pursuit … Read more
Paul Roberts is the author, most recently, of The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification (September, 2014). Recently, he stopped by Google to talk about his book. According to the publisher’s ad copy for the book: It’s something most of us have sensed for years—the rise of a world defined only by … Read more
As one might gather from the title of this Google Talk, David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas (2013). Back around the beginning of June (the 9th), Burkus stopped by Google to talk about his book (which is described below … Read more
Jeremy O’Brien spoke recently at Google on Quantum Technologies, a topic he has written on extensively [see his 2009 paper, with Furusawa and Vu ckovi c, Photonic Quantum Technologies]. This is interesting stuff – and likely to be the future of computing technology. Jeremy O’Brien: “Quantum Technologies” June 17, 2014 Jeremy O’Brien visited Google LA … Read more
Zen teacher and integral darling Diane Hamilton has been vigorously promoting her new book, Everything Is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution (Shambhala, 2013). Here is the publisher’s ad copy for the book: Using mindfulness to work with and resolve the inevitable interpersonal conflicts that arise in all areas of life.Conflict is going to … Read more
Jeremy Rifkin’s new book is The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism (2014). He is also the author of The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World (2011) and The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in … Read more
Science Fiction author David Brin has a new book called Existence (2014) in which he speculates on the existence of life elsewhere in the universe. He recently stopped by Google to talk about the book – here is a summary: Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with Existence. Gerald Livingston … Read more