Archive for June, 2005

Waiting for the End of the World

Monday, June 13th, 2005

by Richard Ross ISBN: 1568984669 This slim softcover volume is the size of an extra-wide trade paperback, unlike the hardcover coffee-table sized Museology. The two books share an interest in the unexpected view. Ross was poking around behind the scenes in museums in the earler book, and this time he is poking around in bomb [...]

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Freakonomics

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner ISBN: 006073132X Levitt is an unusual and prize-winning economist. Dubner is a journalist who was assigned to write a profile of Levitt for the New York Times. The two apparently hit it off, so when Levitt was pushed [...]

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A Whole New Mind

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age by Daniel H. Pink ISBN: 1573223085 “Meaning is the new money.” It is also the new path to a good job — and therefore to money — according to Pink. Well, part of the path. Design, story, symphony, empathy, and play will also be crucial on [...]

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