Sitting in a hotel room in Jakarta, up early with jet lag. Particularly fun to be in Asia when I am reading Robert D. Kaplan's Monsoon. Monsoon is a history of the Indian Ocean beginning with the early Omani traders who discovered India and moving forward in time to the current geo-political strategic issues faced by both India and the U.S.
Reading one of my favorite newspapers, the Jakarta Post. Forgot how much I enjoyed this newspaper. Excellent Asian news coverage drawn from articles in other Asian newspapers. Very balanced coverage of only important issues. Today's Jakarta Post had a good article from the Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbum on the U.S. debt crisis and a very thoughtful article on Pakistan as a "rogue state" from Bangkok's The Nation. Reading these articles makes one realize that the problem with U.S. newspapers is as much about the coverage as the new technology.
Reading excerpts of poetry by Rabindranath Tagore, early 20th century Indian Nobel Laureate in literature. Realize I am not getting wiser. I just re-state ideas from a better quality of thinker. Plan to devote more future SF posts to India.
Have decided I am a syncretist. Look it up in the dictionary. Typepad on the iPad does not allow linking, which is why this week's posts will have no links.
It is now confirmed that this fall I will be teaching a Monday night masters level course at the FIU Engineering School. Theme will be entrepreneurship and course will be on developing a business concept and writing a business plan. Special thanks to Professor C.C.Chen for making this possible and to the unnamed advisor who put him in touch with me. Looking forward to working with the engineering students, who always had great presentations in the FIU business plan competition.