Things to come.

Contrariety and Change : Problems Plato Set for

Plato and Aristotle both believe that contrariety is fundamental to the analysis of change. At Phaedo 70e4-71a10, for example, Socrates says that all things that have an origin ( χει γ νεσιν) and that have contraries ( ναντ αι) 1 come to be (γ γνεται) from ( κ) contraries. Thus if something comes to be larger, it must previously have been smaller, and vice versa. Other illustrations include com...

"The Delicious Progress": whiteness as an atavism in Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow".

The world was warm and white when I was horn: Beyond the windowpane the world was white, A glaring whiteness in a leaded frame, Yet warm as in the hearth and heart of light, Although the whiteness was almost and was bone In midnight's still paralysis, nevertheless The world was warm and hope was infinite, All things would come, fulfilled, all things would be known All things would be enjoyed, f...

If good things come from above, do bad things come from below?

Factors in the synovial fluid that maintain healthy articular cartilage, such as hyaluronic acid and lubricin, come from above. Is it possible that factors which lead to the destruction of cartilage come from below in the subchondral bone? The recent acquisition of tools to probe early events in osteoarthritis is shedding new light on possible contributions from this compartment on the initiati...

Globalization and the Shape of Things to Come

Tail Risk Hedging: A Roadmap for Asset Owners

" We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint. " ‐ Robert Frost "It is often said that [one] 'is wise who can see things coming.' Perhaps the wise one is the one who knows that he cannot see things far away." ‐ Nassim Taleb

Exploring the internet of things: an interdisciplinary workshop approach

This paper gives an account of the authors’ experience of running a series of interdisciplinary workshops entitled “Exploring the Internet of Things, Creativity and Learning”, held between September 2012 and June 2013. The workshop series was inspired by the possibility that innovation in the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) will arise from the creativity of interdisciplinary communities of people wh...