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He knew how to play what one of my books, The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism, calls “the name game.” Mention as many famous names as you can in a sentence, and you get attention.
Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
Howard Bloom
The technology of TV had a remarkable ability to beckon people at specific times and then hold them enthralled for hours. Its creative commercials told them to acquire more technologies. They obeyed. I noticed that other bossy technologies, such as the car, also seemed to be able to get people to serve them, and to prod them to acquire and use still more technologies (freeways, drive-in theaters, fast food). I decided to keep technology to a minimum in my own life. As a teenager, I was having trouble hearing my own voice, and it seemed to me my friends’ true voices were being drowned out by the loud conversations technology was having with itself. The less I participated in the circular logic of technology, the straighter my own trajectory could become.
What Technology Wants
Kevin Kelly
"Balance is a misnomer," says Bruce Babashan, a renowned professional boxing trainer and former high-level business executive (his own career trajectory thus exemplifying his philosophy). "You can't have balance while being a fanatic about your goals." Bruce refers to "seasons of a life," with your full commitment to sport as one season. "The goal is not balance all the time," Bruce advises.
"It's balance over time."
Extreme Balance
Joe De Sena, Ben Askren, and David Sacks
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