I met with Esther Dyson today at 10 am. She is something. We met at the Meetup offices in Manhattan, since she is on the board of the company. The office was empty due to the holiday, which made it very peaceful. Esther just returned, last night, from Star City, Russia, where she is training to be a cosmonaut. She is the backup to Charles Simonyi for a flight that is scheduled to launch in March.
Esther (to whom I was introduced by my friend Peter Corsell, who is very accomplished in his own right) is a journalist, investor, and, if the word is permitted, a futurist. She has commented on a variety of topics that relate directly to what Reputation.com does. For example, she has written about the increasing capability of computing power to help us make narrative sense of vast quantities of data, including ones that help us understand ourselves in the context of others. Esther is also very interested in genetic mapping and DNA analysis and, increasingly, in the growing field of commercial space flight.
Good luck to Esther on her continued space training.
(Separate note: Meetup.com has a beautiful space; beautiful views of New York on the 10th floor, lovely cubes–they have translucent walls; hardwood floors; a dedicated sleeping room with daybed; bright colors all over the walls. Kudos to the Meetup team.)
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