The different shades of life and death

I almost always have good and very different conversations in San Francisco. This time I had discussions ranging from a late night conversation with Simon Mulcahy and Joanna Gordon from WEF about practical next steps in the global ICT work the optimal structure for a Nanotech project with Eric Drexler and Rosa Wang (and especially the opportunities for nanotech in China and India).

Also had the time to read Darkness Visible by William Styron. Interesting and very short book about the inner darkness sometime called depression (a word Styron has a lot to say about).

The China-US crossroad

On my way to a meetings with Dan Gabaldon in DC to discuss the start of a joint project about urbanization I came across this sign.

Our meeting took place at an Indian restaurant further down to the left... not sure if that is important...

Irony in Spain - long live Orwell

I like to carry around my camera (Canon PowerShot G9), even if most pictures are not "blog" pictures.

Irony in Spain - long live Orwell

I like to carry around my camera (Canon PowerShot G9), even if most pictures are not "blog" pictures.

Dali Disappointment

Almost as much as Gaudi impressed me I have to say that Dali disappointed me. Instead of being creative and ground breaking he felt like a child without thoughts or ethics. It felt as he was more a reflection of the time a creator of something new. Especially the way he treated animals made me feel really bad. Of course the phenomena of Dali is still fascinating and many of his paintings thought provoking, but I have carried a feeling that he had an agenda that he wanted to say something.