Author: mpesce

“Managing Multiplicity” (live audio)

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Recorded 9 May 2018 at  OzWater 2018, Brisbane Convention Centre.  

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Managing Multiplicity

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MANAGING MULTIPLICITY I’ve been asked to speak with you about what’s going on in the world – but let me start with what’s going on underwater.Every municipal water system has hundreds of kilometers of drains and channels and…

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How to Think like a Futurist

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HOW TO THINK LIKE A FUTURIST Good evening — and welcome to the pub. It’s fitting that we’re here tonight, because it’s in a pub that we’ll begin our story. But before that, let’s start with some basics….

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Diigo Bookmarks as of April 2018

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Bookmarks Initial reviews pleasantly more positive than expected, esp… Aldous Huxley Tells Mike Wallace What Will Destroy Democracy: Overpopulation, Drugs & Insidious Technology (1958) | Open Culture Aldous Huxley Tells Mike Wallace What Will Destroy Democracy: Overpopulation, Drugs…

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Digital Marketing into Digital Community

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DIGITAL MARKETING INTO DIGITAL COMMUNITY: PREPARING PEET’S FUTURES PART ONE: GO ASK ALEXA “Alexa where should I live?”That question, shouted at a little internet-connected microphone, seems more than a bit ridiculous. Why would anyone ever ask a device…

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Now, Next, Never-never

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NOW, NEXT, NEVER-NEVER NOW: EVERYBODY KNOWS Fourteen and a half years ago, I landed at Sydney Airport with a few suitcases and a lot of hope. Even before I got to my accommodation, the friend who picked me…

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Intention Attention: Relationships, Voices and Tokens

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INTENTION ATTENTION: RELATIONSHIPS, VOICES AND TOKENS   PART ONE: MOTHER ALEXA When you were very small – before you could even crawl – you could only bawl and any time you had a need. Hungry, cold, tired –…

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Delicious Bookmarks 1 December 2010

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Delicious Bookmarks as of 1 December 2010 Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; “To destroy this invisible government” « zunguzungu Sarah Palin’s ‘Crowd-Sourced’ Appeal – Matt Bai – NYTimes.com Children’s Crusade: A Primer on How Britain’s Students Are…

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This Strange Eventful History

A film – shot with friend Steve Piasecki – of the art of Burning Man 2001:

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Becoming Transhuman

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The complete 72-minute long magnum opus of Mindstates 2001: Its three segments represent the three fundamental actions, according to Georges Gurdjieff: Part One: Affirming Part Two: Denying Part Three: Resolving

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