Dove Lane

Nicholas Carr’s article relates how different technological advances have changed (read “diminished”) the way humans process information, learn and develop new ideas. It was an eerie experience reading the article this morning, because he articulated things I have observed in myself and others, yet had not really stopped to analyze, thereby proving his point!

I started to think about how people can succeed, or why they don’t, at creating a business out of the hobbies they love. It’s painful to see loved ones pour their hearts and souls into an entrepreneurial effort, only to give up or fail. That made me think about all the components involved in carrying an idea through from concept to success. Here is my list. We know from our careers that we aren’t good at everything. Maybe it would be helpful for would-be entrepreneurs to assess their own areas of strength and interest up front, so they can get support where they are weak before the weakness becomes a roadblock that can crash the business.

None of these is worth a full blog posting, but I found these things to be fascinating or very promising, and thought I’d blog them all anyway for my own reference. WoW and psychotherapy, Betterverse.org, brain controllers, altering time perception, cloning heroic dogs and regenerating lost teeth.