How do you pray for a zillionaire like Bezos?

It’s on Bezos’ calendar every year, Cyber Monday, and I’m putting Jeff Bezos on my prayer list. Tradition used to be the domain of religious practice; in the 21st Century, the number of people self-identifying as “religious” is dropping, but the number of people baptized into Consumerism – at birth, it seems – shows no …

Shout it out

Shout what out? Allahu Akbar!? In the explosive tension of modern international reality, to hear that shout – if you’re on-the-street in any nation connected with western civilization – you’ll probably grab your companion(s) and run for cover, fearing imminent attack. The Arabic call – translated “God is Great” – often precedes a martyr’s act, …

King of Glory: what do really smart people talk about?

King of Glory convention. Were you invited? The annual WE Summit – hosted a week ago in Beijing – was hosted by Tencent Holdings, an innovative holding conglomerate active in all of the high-tech, media-embedded, global-explosion categories that explain its $476 billion market value. Active video gaming, they own the world’s most popular multiplayer online …

Scarcity…Faith says “yes” when the inventory says “no”

We’re coming off an epic week. Thousands of people braved weather, traffic and crowded schedules to stand in line for their shot at the new iPhone X, released for purchase by adoring Appleites last Friday. Who would pay $1000 for the newest and coolest mobile device on the planet? Answer: more people than would have …