In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, any time. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward becoming Buddha. When we can know everything, we can see how everything is interconnected — and we can begin to feel compassion for every living being. This is one of many…
When I first began hearing of Deepak Chopra, I did not think too much of him. My best friend Nathaniel recommended The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfilment of Your Dreams a long time ago, but I’ve yet to read it. So recently, I picked up this book on sale…
This morning, I was a guest for the first time on CNBC Africa, a new 24-hour business and finance channel for African business. It’s broadcast on channel 54 on DStv. Anyway, the interview was short, but to prepare, I answered several questions for the producer of the Business AM show hosted by Peter Ndoro and…
Facebook has experienced phenomenal growth in South Africa over the last few months. As recently as early May, there were only 25,000 registered users in the South African network on Facebook, and that has exploded to over 120,000 as of 2 July. That’s over 45,000 new users per month for the last two months. Now…
Damaria Senne, a journalist at ITWeb, recently asked me to do a lengthy and very detailed interview about online and mobile trends and the impact on children for her parenting blog. You can read part 1 of the interview here. Some of the important things I mentioned are as follows ** 2014 updates ** There…