Just before 9 AM every seat is taken except for one at the counter. Gilberto turns from the grill when I sit down. “You beat the rush.” I nod with a smile. Saturday morning. I’m sitting at the counter of a local diner. Across from me is a grill heaped up in the back with…
Klaus Schwab, the creepy front man for the World Economic Forum, opened the annual confab of the global cabal in Davos, Switzerland with a call to “master the future.” “We couldn’t meet at a more challenging time. We are confronted with so many crises simultaneously. What does it mean to master the future?” “I think,…
A recent trip to a modern eatery has me wondering about our digital destiny. Last Sunday I visited a “Test Kitchen” in my area. There, under a single roof, three separate kitchens offered three different low-priced menus. I had lots of choices, as shown on the order touch screen. I poked out my choices and…