2021 Family photo (Patrick Pretorius) It has been interesting times. We have now been living through a pandemic for one year and seven month...

Downtime Shift Love this science fiction novel. Thanks, again, to Booktasters, for expanding my horizons and for great reading pleasures. My...

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Disrupt Yourself, Or Be Disrupted Escape Conformity, Reinvent Your Thinking and Thrive in an Era of Emerging Technologies and Economic A...