Real-time advertising offers unprecedented precision

The old saw, “half my ads work, only I don’t know which half” may soon not be as true as it once was. In yesterday’s marketplace, companies tried to target their ads by choosing the television shows, magazines and other mediums that had demographics most closely...

Teaching kids democratic values

Teaching democratic values and the importance of civic responsibility doesn’t seem to be particularly strong in the school system. However, given that so many schools cling to an outdated education model, I don’t find fault with many kids for ending up...

Digitizing Davos

Notwithstanding that some very good things will likely happen at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, it’s tough to solve the world’s problems in a week. A couple of years ago the Forum’s founder, Klaus Schwab, launched, to say the least, a rather bold...

Interview by Net Geners in Germany

I was interviewed by 2 Net Geners for Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, one of Germany’s largest circulation dailies. I enjoyed the interview and below is a pretty good translation. The original can be found: http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/488882 “For...

Jon Stewart's trustworthiness no surprise

In the wake of Walter Cronkite’s death, time.com asked readers to vote for today’s most trusted newscaster.  The decisive winner, with 44 percent of the vote, was Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s pull-no-punches “The Daily Show.” This was well ahead of the 29 per...