Jeff Schechtman's "Talk Cocktail"

"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Lincecum

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Certainly one of the stars of the 2010 world series was Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum: A pitcher as unique and unusual as the City he plays fo...

Art and Madmen

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For women coming of age in the post war America of the late 50's and early 60's, it was a complicated piece of business. Then, if w...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Celestine Insight

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Most writers and thinkers are lucky if their work touches or impacts thousands of people. For the greats, it might be even more. But for J...
Monday, March 14, 2011

The Moral Underground

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While the media is quick to give us lifestyles of the rich and famous, and anxious to point out the good deeds of wealthy philanthropists an...
Friday, March 11, 2011

A Visit From the Goon Squad

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The way that music short circuits time and makes yesterday's events, todays reality; the state of the music business today and pushing t...

5 big ideas for putting Kids First

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In much of our debate about education policy today, it seems we leave out the kids. The kids sometimes seem like fungible chess pieces that...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Other Eighties

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Much as we might like it to be otherwise, our times are often defined by our leaders. Certainly in contemporary times, we remember the post...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

King of the Hackers!

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We tend to think of hackers as misanthrope teenagers locked in the back bedroom. In fact hacking, or at least the modern variant of it, is p...
Monday, March 7, 2011

The Science of Immortality

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Yesterday's New York Times Magazine had a story about business tycoon David Murdock and his quest to live until 125. The fact is, there...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Silicon Valley Startup

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Some people try and predict the future, others simply invent it and still others make those inventions possible. If it’s true that it is ent...
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Jeff Schechtman
Napa, California, United States
I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.
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