Short Stories

Collection of short posts and short stories.

Creativity & Knowing Everything

Date: November 9 2017 “The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. He never knows when these ideas…

Shackleton

July 29, 2017 “Scott for scientific method, Amundsen for speed and efficiency but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton” Sir Raymond Priestly

Abundance

I was rereading Abundance by Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis (Founder of the X Prize), on this hungover saturday morning. In the first chapter Abu Dhabi’s project to build a post petroleum city, Masdar, to tackle the future scenarios of…