*Guest Contributor JASON SILVA on The Importance of Aesthetics & Design in Science Jason Silva is the host of the Al Gore funded Current TV & one of Bruce Weber’s muses for the latest Abercrombie & Fitch campaign. Silva recently signed with CAA (Creative Artists Agency), one of the most prominent talent agency in the […]
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Homa Taj In Conversation with Filmmaker Benjamin Wagner
Which pop cultural icon would you guess that a Senior Executive at Music Video Television (MTV) has made a film about? The Jonas Brothers, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry or Jay-Z? How about Mister Rogers? Yes, that Mister Rogers! “Why?” Well, that was my initial reaction when I heard about Mister Rogers & Me that […]
Nanomodernity’s Epicurean Challenge – In Conversation with Jason Silva
Thus Life and Death, and young and old,Are, as the severall Atomes bold.So Wit, and Understanding in the Braine,Are as the severall Atomes reigne:And Dispositions good, or ill,Are as the severall Atomes still.And every Passion which doth rise,Is as the severall Atomes lies.Thus Sicknesse, Health, and Peace, and War;Are alwaies as the severall Atomes […]
In PSITTACUS’ Theatrum Mundi, Macbeth gets a Web 3.0 treatment
During the past two years theatre and performance art spaces and training programs have been forced to close down, across the United States and Europe. Recently, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) abandoned its live theatre festival; the esteemed National Theatre Conservatory in Denver is phasing out its graduate program; and, highly regarded non-profit companies […]
Homa Taj In Conversation with John Hagel III (part II)
Homa Taj – Speaking of collaborations (& guild work), tell us how on earth does participating in the World of Warcraft help individuals with their managerial skills? …This, by the way, reminds me that the day after the release of The Power of Pull, a new Museum of Video Games (Musée du Jeu Vidéo) opened […]
Homa Taj In Conversation with John Hagel III (part I)
What do extreme surfers in Maui; green revolutionary youth in Tehran; an internet entrepreneur in Tel Aviv; and a manufacturing giant in China have in common? They all embody paradigms of success that are used by business gurus John Hagel, John Seely Brown & Lang Davison in their latest collaborative work The Power of Pull: […]