I’ve got a hip-high pile of books by my bedside, including several manuscripts written by good friends. But after Paul Collier’s talk at TED, his… Read More »Book review: “The Bottom Billion” by Paul Collier
After TED (and a tiny bit of BIL), I got about as far from my computer as I could get. My friends Nate and Ari… Read More »Post-conference kerfuffle
35,000 words? Just a warmup. There’s another conference in town, and just try and stop me from blogging it. (Please. Please stop me before I… Read More »From TED to BIL
Three hundred TED attendees haven’t been with us in Monterey – they’re in Apsen, Colorado, where they’ve watched most of the sessions on simulcast. But… Read More »TED2008: Geldolf asks for help
Tom Rielly, TED’s director of sponsorship and standup comic, planned not to offer a satirical summary of this year’s conference. He bows to popular demand… Read More »TED2008: Liberals, conservatives and moral humility
And then there was one. Bruno is sitting upstairs, so we can see him onstage later this morning. Mark left yesterday to take care of… Read More »TED2008: John Francis walks the walk