In this post I hope to put together three ideas, two I have posted about in the past: 1) Is Res Potentia, the realm of the "Possible", ontologically real? 2) Is "The Adjacent Possible" ontologically ...

It is said that the natives who saw Columbus' land fall could not see his ships. I do not know if this is true or folk-wisdom, but it points to the well known fact that we often cannot see what is ...

In March 2017, our family of six moved from a small village outside Paris into a tiny cottage bordering a cemetery at the foot of the Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart) cathedral in Montmartre. It was a ...

During the Age of Enlightenment, writers, scientists, inventors, and businessmen would meet in coffeeshops to discuss ideas. Being a space for insights to flourish, the coffeeshop became a hotbed of ...

We live in a world punctuated by big innovations. From fire and the wheel down to the light bulb and the iPad, we mark the march of history by the steady beat of transformative innovations. Except ...