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Contemplating Divorce
Divorce is like amputation -- it's only done when the marriage is killing you.
Aug 2, 2008 | by Mrs. Lori Palatnik
Divorce is like amputation -- it's only done when the marriage is killing you.
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(31) Mitchell, July 19, 2012 8:12 PM
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(30) Anonymous, January 30, 2011 3:30 AM
It is important not to judge
While it is a fact that people think that divorce should only occur under certain circumstances, the fact is people getting a divorce may not share with you what really happened. It may be the case that one of the members of the couple is lying about the actions of the other. These cases are so complicated. I think this is why it is said that a couple may divorce if they don't like the way their soup is cooked. Obviously that would not be the reason, but it allows people to get out of bad situations without having to explain everything in detail to others who may or may not have the discretion and discernment that their situation requires. Only the Almighty may judge a person.
(29) karen, March 9, 2010 10:07 PM
The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce Revealed
Everyone who is considering divorce [where there is no abuse ] needs to read this book and so do those who are divorced, step-parents, grandparents, etc. "Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce by ELIZABETH MARQUARDT... to understand the affects on the children. The kids are forever changed!
(28) Anonymous, January 25, 2009 4:37 PM
Is not loving someone time to cut it off?
Of course the person is usually going to have all those same qualities you married them for because people don't change their innate qualities, only their behavior. What if the problem is simply a lack of love? What if the love was never really there in the first place, and now you are coming to grips with that and feel terrible. Is it time to divorce? Thanks Joe
(27) Anonymous, September 1, 2008 3:24 PM
Such Truth So Hidden
So many advisers automatically take the stance of avoiding it. Understanably! No one explained it clearly as an option. So following the advice meant allowing the green to spread and strangled the strength to move on. So Glad your word is getting out to both people and "advisors". Others won't have to be waiting for T'chiyas HaMaysim like I do.
(26) Anonymous, August 24, 2008 10:54 PM
Thanks for the advice - but this is very hard thing to do........
Thanks Lori for the advice and the analogy is apt but I feel sometimes this is very hard pill to swallow.... Family dynamics have changed so much in the past ~40 years. There is immense pressure put on wives/mothers nowadays to work and that complicates things even more. With the bills to pay and the kids to get off to school even getting by is a struggle. When we 'bay boomers' were growing up it was a lot simpler when Dad went to work and Mom wasn't spread so thin..... Trying to work on a relationship/marriage is also complicated by the fast pace of modern life .... Also some women are more aggressive and independent and this makes it harder to be a good husband and raise the kids. Sadly I know a family were the wife has to work is always tired and consistently swears and shouts and makes fun of her husband and kids. Partly it isn't her fault her husband has to struggle to make ends meet and they are constantly working to get by.......... but to stay together he is constantly being verbally abused and even belted up. Yes incredibly the wife swears and belts up the kids and sometimes her husband. Her husband doesn't lay a finger on her he is a really good neshoma/soul but stays in this relationship because the kids would be lost without him and beg him to stay.......Lori the analogy is apt but what is happening out there in the real world is so hard to come to terms with it is really tough out there. May G'd help us all...........
(25) Anonymous, August 8, 2008 10:11 AM
Thanks for speaking about the divorce as a amputation. It helps to know that sometimes you have to divorce and that it can be ok.
(24) solomon, August 7, 2008 8:24 PM
Divorce is NOT like amputation!!!
I love Lori's clips i watch it every week. Thanks
But this time I have to disagree. Divorce is not the same as amputating a leg. after divorce one can remarry.
(23) Anonymous, August 7, 2008 11:43 AM
Well Put!
Lori, as usual you hit it right on the mark. Just wish a lot more people would watch this before taking the drastic step of divorce. Before contemplating divorce think: "would he/ be a good second?"
(22) Anonymous, August 7, 2008 9:20 AM
Great Analogy!
I basically agree with Susan (post #19). I was so miserable, I couldn't function. I felt I was DYING. I felt life wasn't worth living. I felt trapped (because of finances and fear). I felt like my life was a lie, like I was an agunah in my own marriage! The tension and his angry episodes escalated, until one day, I just knew I had ENOUGH. I knew I'd rather live in a box and eat macaroni the rest of my life than to submit to any more emotional abuse, neglect, and loneliness. And after 18 years, I told him, no more. And the children were non-plussed. And after he left, he admitted he was gay!!! Women have a binah yeseira. We KNOW when it's not right. I am SO happy I took the step. The kids are managing. They understand fully why this happened. They saw how Aba treated Ima. They knew something was off. My daughter even recently said, "I love Daddy, but I'd never want to marry someone like him. I want to marry someone I can talk to, who spends time with me." Now, isn't that sad? But emes is emes. He wasn't fit for marriage, lied to me (and himself) about his ability to be a proper, caring husband. And now, to cap it all off, he's not even frum. Hashem yishmor.
(21) george, August 6, 2008 12:08 PM
Get over yourself!
My wife and I separated 1 year ago. Things were horrible and living together was unbearable. Children "issues", some good and some not so good brought us together. We realized that we loved the kids more than we hated each other and started to talk. As we spent more time together we got the sense that we were still fond of each other. With the help of some excellent counseling we came to see that we each brought our own baggage into the marriage and that no matter what we did we had to get over ourselves. Today, we are still in counselling and we hope (w/Hashem's help) to get back together again in a marriage that is not about "me", but about "us".
(20) Anonymous, August 6, 2008 10:25 AM
I liked the analogy used. Abuse does kill - physical abuse can kill the body as well as the spirit and verbal abuse kills the spirit. I am divorcing because of verbal abuse. There are a lot of people who don't recognize what it is. Your comments helped me - thank you.
(19) terry friedkin, August 6, 2008 10:13 AM
So appreciate you Lori
I think the amputation analogy is so apt in terms of making one's own decision. Can you address the situation where you are content and the other person makes this decision.
(18) yael, August 5, 2008 8:12 PM
dear anonymous
To the anonymous woman whose husband has been "flirting" with other women (8/3) - GET INTO THERAPY! His behavior is not okay, and if you can't get him on board with getting help together, go yourself and get support. You deserve honesty, respect and fidelity. Wishing you happiness...
(17) Anonymous, August 5, 2008 3:17 PM
It can be better for the kids if one divorces
It's far better for the kids if the parents divorce than to be in a house of hate, fighting and abuse. It's better to have two happy divorced parents than two miserable married parents. If the parents, particularly the mother is happy, the children will be as well. Lori should have also mentioned that marriage counseling does not always work and sometimes people could marry the wrong person or just grow apart.
(16) Nechama, August 5, 2008 2:17 PM
Counseling - a Blessing
To add to Lori's comments: When things hurt very much it's not time for a divorce but it's not time to sit still either.
Go to a highly recommended counselor. This is not the time for embarrasment or pushing things under the rug. Get the right advice from an expert! This can solve a lot of problems and prevent years of drifting apart. Choosing the right counselor is imperative - someone who understands your life style and really cares and of course has studied the subject thoroughly.
If husband and wife really work on their "midos" and judge each other favorably the counseling will go smoothly. And of course, don't forget to pray.
(15) Anonymous, August 5, 2008 12:08 PM
Lori- you're always on target
I wish I could speak to you in person. You always seem to know just what to say. You must have a very good husband who is THERE for you. Not everyone is SO lucky...
(14) Rachel, August 5, 2008 10:18 AM
Sad to allow life to defeat us
"Sad's" comments offer a very negative point-of-view of life. If people grow apart, then they can also grow back together. To think otherwise is simply being delusional. People grow and change, and a couple who has been married for 40 years is not the same couple who married at 20 or 30 years of age. Growing apart is an excuse we use when we don't try hard enough.
(13) Yehuda, August 5, 2008 9:33 AM
Agree, but with reservations
While I do agree with what Lori said, I wish to point out that even in frum circles, where you date according to halacha, many problems do occur. You try to find out as much as you can about a person/family before hand, but unless you go very slow (which is frowned upon in the frum world) or seriously investigate their backround, you may be in for a sad surprise. I did not know how severely emotionally unstable my ex-wife was when we were dating. I had not done enough checking on her family either. After that, it was too late. I am not subscribing to the secular world's idea either, but wish to point out that perhaps a middle ground is best. I am reluctant to say this, but many many frum couples often say to me, "I am happy for you, since now, you can be more careful in choosing your next spouse and have another chance at finding true fulfillment!" "I wish I could get another chance!" How sad! Many people stay in lukewarm marriages (at best) because divorce is worse- yet - there are admitting that they aren't receiving the joy and fulfillment that they hoped for!
(12) Daniela, August 5, 2008 8:40 AM
two points
One, it may not seem significant but I think it needs to be pointed out for perspective - 60% of divorces in this country occur over money. Just putting that out there.
And two, I think it's important when contemplating the whole divorce issue, that we distinguish between a) people who marry after dating the way people do in the frum world, where much is known before the first date and questions are asked without fear of scarring a person off or appearing like there's pressure on the other person to marry - two very great fears in the secular world - and no physical contact to fool people into thinking there is a commitment before compatibility is really discovered, and b) the rest of the population, who date for years before getting engaged, and have engagements lasting a year or more. The divorce rate in this country is not due to the ease of getting a divorce, nor the ease of getting married. I think it's due to the way people date. For people who should never have gotten married in the first place, who wouldn't have if they had had the freedom to find everything out that they needed to without fear before they made any emotional commitments or attachments, I'm not sure this idea of amputation can apply. For those who tried their best to find out, or who simply grew and changed in ways neither anticipated, this analogy is perfect. So, overall, great advice for frum, not so sure about everyone else.
(11) Anonymous, August 4, 2008 11:18 PM
Palatnik''s point of view is strictly from a religious angle, which contains and inherent negative slant on dissolving a marriage. She fails to comprehend that sometimes people just grow apart - and its no one''s fault.
(10) SusanE, August 4, 2008 12:31 PM
2nd comment. Divorce and Love
To annonymous 8/3 at 3:27pm.
Only you can decide if it's the right time for you to separate or divorce. I left after 35 years of marriage. We were both bright working people. We had a few disagreements in that 35 years and one big fight. So it wasn't a difficult life.
I stayed until the kids were adults and on their own. I was 54. My reasoning was "If I live only for another 2 years, is this the way I want to spend the rest of my life?" And If I live another 20 years, is this the way I want to spend the rest of my life?" The answer to both questions was a resounding No.
I made up my mind and went without a fight, without threats, without discussion and without another man to go to. (most women leave for another man) And I left within 3 days without a plan. I knew any lifestyle would be better than the one we were living. The children were surprised and agreed and said what took you so long, you should have done it about 8 years ago. I wasted those 8 years and will never get them back.
Many people speak about love in the marriage. There have many many articles on Aish.com about Jews looking for love and marriage. It's been suggested, that you can quite well marry without love. That a good kind caring partner to marry and have children with is 'good enough'. I don't agree with that. Lori says perhaps something that would help a troubled marriage, is to look back at what attracted you to your spouse in the first place. What made you love your spouse? Bring those things to mind and you will fall in love with them all over again.. Well, that won't work if love was never there in the first place.
(9) Gary, August 3, 2008 8:40 PM
Divorce When It's A Mitzvah
It's a sin to hate another Jew. If you are in a situation that if you stay together you will come to hate your spouse, then it's time to divorce. The Torah doesn't want you to needlessly suffer.
(8) Rosen, August 3, 2008 8:01 PM
something to consider
Married couples who contemplate divorce ought to see this video.
It's sad how the divorce rate is so high, usually due to insignificant things or a lack in communication.
Shared values must go hand-in-hand between two people who are in love with each other. Thus, it wouldn't make sense to marry off someone who has diametrically different views and values than the other.
I keep on saying that people should love smart, and not blindly. All info must be out on the table between a given man and woman.
(7) Anonymous, August 3, 2008 7:43 PM
Two years ago I found some of my husbands little jottings from 1998. In his notebooks he wrote how he went to nightclubs and bars (during the summer months when my children and I were up in our summer cottage in the Catskills) to meet women. I also found notes on how to pick up women. I also found notes that indicated that he was interested in taking out a woman from his office during the time we were busy planning a wedding. When I confronted him he said "it was only a little flirting and nothing happened". But I know he came home once smelling of perfume. He claims when he sits in the office it wafts over on him. I feel totally humiliated that he made a fool of me for about ten years. I cannot function. Ive gained 25 pounds and I feel like I have ADD. I cannot focus or concentrate on matters that must be taken care of. I want to go to counseling but I dont kow where to turn
(6) Anonymous, August 3, 2008 5:52 PM
Good advice-but I required amputation
I stayed in the marriage until my sons were grown, had professions, their own families and the dog was dead.They all wished I would have left with them when they were young.Each case is different.
(5) cs, August 3, 2008 3:51 PM
I agree with Lori to a certain extent though.......
She should have provide examples of dire circumstances when a immediate divorce may be issued such as not being able to deal with incessant spousal abuse of all spectrums,dishonesty, and adultery/infidelity or when he/shelied(omitted)certain info. about him/herself such as a mental disorder( depending on the info and when in point of time in your marriage you discovered that your spouse had skeletons in his/her closet which may not neccesarily be disclosed prior to your marraige). We are talking about behaviors that are not condonable in a relationship, let in a alone marriage. In regards to other situations, one should seek marital counseling before contemplating a divorce.
(4) Anonymous, August 3, 2008 3:27 PM
unbelievable timing
I can't believe that this subject was addressed today. I have been in a funk all day thinking exactly about this. I have been contemplating divorce for many years but haven't been able to pull the trigger. My husband is a good, kind man..but I just don't respect him and have many, many, many disappointments/resentments regarding him and our relationship. I feel like there is so much "water under the bridge" that it is hard to move on from all of the pain...We don't want to put our kids thru divorce yet we both feel trapped in a relationship that died many years ago. Therapy hasn't helped...When do you feel like it is killing you enough to take the plunge of divorce........???
(3) SusanE, August 3, 2008 2:04 PM
What Then Are Good Reasons for Divorce?
If simply being ticked off isn't a reason for divorce, Lori, then what about living for years ALWAYS a bit ticked off. Always a bit angry. Always a bit unjustified. Always a bit disrespected.
When married life is that way, sometimes you need to become 100% indifferent to survive.
We all know how bad indifference and not caring is. THAT is not living. That is dying. That is being stagnant and not having joy. The woman is killing part of herself. She is killing her joy. The children surely suffer. Your families surely suffer.
I think that it is time to amputate and begin to heal. Because having no joy, no love and being indifferent especially in a marriage, is a disease that will become gangerous.
It doesn't have to be a physical beating to be abuse. And it doesn't have to be done by another person.
We abuse ourselves frequently by staying in bad relationships and bad marriages.
(2) Anonymous, August 3, 2008 5:37 AM
very beautiful
(1) Anonymous, August 3, 2008 3:40 AM
Great advice......
I would also say to consider the children FIRST before yourself. Realize that even though you will benefit from the divorce, the children most certainly will not. Think of what it will be like for them to constantly shuttle between two "homes," what it will be like when parents remarry and the children become STEP-CHILDREN. If you haven''t been through it, take my word for it - it is one of the most difficult situations a child can endure. Let''s not forget the reduced finances when two homes must be created where only one existed before. Unless your spouse is an abuser, don''t divorce!


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Lack of Appetite in Dogs
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Lack of appetite in dogs can be a major concern for many owners. Dog appetite loss can be serious at times, as it may be a telltale sign of an underlying symptom of some other disease. Take a look at some of the major reasons for this sudden change, in this story.
We pamper and treat our pets as members of our family. So it is natural to panic or be concerned when one notices a disparity in their pet's behavior. This doesn't mean that we get paranoid about the dog's health and run to the veterinarian with every health problem that we see in our canine.
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There can be many reasons for loss of appetite in dogs. Take a look at the various possible causes behind your dog eating like a bird.
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Summer 2017
It all started at my office one day. I work in a home and
auto claims department and had one of our vendors
come in for a meeting; we congregated at my desk.
Sami is an accident reconstruction engineer and his
company can do some amazing calculations and predictions
based on twisted auto wreckage and highway
At my cubicle I have a few tell-tale signs that I belong to
the phonograph-collecting world (a gramophone pencil
sharpener, a ceramic jukebox, a 78 RPM & 45 RPM
record and a Blue Amberol cylinder are dead giveaways!).
During his visit, Sami suddenly noticed the little
gramophone-shaped sharpener and proudly said "I
have one of those!" (the artefacts/bait had worked
He proceeded to tell me how he had acquired his machine:
his brother is an engineer and was in Egypt doing
an assignment. He took a picture of himself in an
antique shop, sent it to Sami and in the background
was an old gramophone with a large horn. Sami was
very excited and told his brother that he really wanted
it. The talking machine was purchased for 300 Egyptian
Euros which converted to about $60 CDN and was
taken home on the airplane by Sami's brother. It was a
very thoughtful gift from one brother to another.
Sami explained how the gramophone definitely appeared
to be an original because it was bought in an
antique store, had a picture of "HMV" & Nipper on it
and even came with a 78 RPM record. It must have
been genuine because it was not working right either -
the sound was way too fast. Sure sounded like it could
be an old British-manufacture gramophone. But the
more I thought of it, the more I started to have my
doubts. When I asked what colour the horn was (bright
brass) I figured it must be a reproduction.
A couple of weeks later, when the machine was
brought to me for repair, it was obvious upon initial inspection
that this was indeed a "crap-o-phone". I've
never had the pleasure (or more like misfortune) of
working on one of these contraptions, but it meant a
lot to him, so I agreed to give it a shot. What I figured
would be a small adjustment ended up taking weeks to
Sami explained that he and his wife (both in their 30s)
were great fans of big band music. He had even proposed
to her on the dance floor while a swing band
played Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade! It would
mean so much to them if they were able to get this
gramophone working properly.
For those of you new to this hobby, I'll give a brief overview
of Crap-o-phones. Most of them are assembled in
India, although apparently China has started producing
them too. The entire machine is made of poor-quality
reproduction parts, with the exception of the motor,
which is usually taken from an old portable. The units
are sold everywhere and sadly the sellers often try to
pass them off as an "antique" to unsuspecting buyers.
A quick search of e-Bay showed plenty of configurations
and asking prices, usually in the $125 to $500
range. There's even a supplier on e-Bay (through China)
that sells replacement parts for them. The quality is
pathetic when compared to an original Victor, which it
is loosely based on. Sadly, my experience showed that
these machines are intended to be only a decoration,
not something that would actually play music from a
78 RPM record.
Initial Observations
Here are some of my observations on the quality (or
lack thereof):
The back bracket and tone-arm were unfortunately
the worst part of this forgery and had very poor quality.
The bracket appeared to be crudely cast of pot
metal and, instead of a pin (and spring) to hold the
tone-arm in place, they used a long metal screw
through the arm! I had to be very careful when working
on or around it so as to not cause breakage as it
appeared quite fragile (refer to photo).
"You do not repair a Crap-o-phone — you re-engineer it!"
There were many issues encountered in trying to make
this specimen play a record. Sometimes I had my
doubts that the machine would ever be anything more
than an ornament. Here is a list of problems that I encountered,
along with my solutions:
I wonder if the initial problem came from the manner
in which the "factory" assembled it, or if the soft metal
bracket was bent from use - I suspect the latter.
We'll never know for sure.
There were two cures for the tone-arm:
I was quite proud of my solution which had the
greatest impact on the end results. Nothing,
however, could fix the horrible tracking angle
error that was inherent in the original tone-arm design.
This would be something that the owner would have to
live with. Another issue with the tone-arm was its
miniscule interior diameter which would certainly not
allow much sound volume to transmit to the horn.
These two issues could not be corrected unless the
entire tone-arm was changed, and this was not an option
(since a proper Victor tone-arm would cost more
than the whole machine was worth – if it would even
SOUNDBOX: The reproducer is a very light affair, being
made of tin (front and back) with an aluminum diaphragm.
Engraved on it are the words "Sound Box. His
Master's Voice". The diaphragm was aluminum and
actually did not sound that bad. Having a light soundbox
soundbox also made it easier on the weak motor to make it
to the end of a record (steel needles also lasted longer).
This unit had two main problems:
The hole for the needle was not deep enough. The
end result was that the soundbox was lifted too
high off the record which made the already bad
tracking angle all the more pronounced. The solution
was to use a small drill-bit to deepen the needle
holder by about 1/8" so that the steel needle fit
more fully into the needle-bar.
Getting this machine to play a 78 RPM record proved
to be a much bigger challenge than I ever initially envisioned.
It became clear that this "gramophone" was
intended to be only a decoration and I doubt that it
worked to any degree after leaving the
"factory" (especially considering all the corrections I
have listed above).
After working on this unit I was left with a new appreciation
of the quality and workmanship that went into
most "real"" antique gramophones – something that
obviously cannot be economically duplicated today.
The original reported problem was that the speed was
too fast (on the one Indian 78 that came with it). Correcting
the speed was actually one of the easiest aspects
of the repair. My friend Sami really wanted to
hear some big band records on his prized
"gramophone", so I took up the challenge and he was
very happy with the results.
Is a "crap-o-phone" a piece of garbage that should never
be bothered with in the first place? I don't think so.
I'm sure most non-collectors would balk at paying
$1000 or more for a "real" Victor (or other brand) outside-
horn gramophone (even though most of us at
CAPS would probably have no trouble justifying it to
ourselves, if not our wives).
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piece in his living room and he is now able to actually
play some big band records which I provided. So I
guess that these poor-quality knock-offs have value to
some degree. I hope that some of my remedies may
assist others in the future, should they have the misfortune
of acquiring a Crap-o-phone (or repairing for
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1918. A First World War battlefield becomes the cosmic battleground for two vampires, as Karl von Wultendorf struggles to free himself from his domineering maker, Kristian.
1923. Charlotte Neville watches as her father, a Cambridge professor, fills Parkland Hall with guests for her sister Madeleine's 18th birthday party. Among them is his handsome new research assistant Karl – the man Madeleine has instantly decided will be her husband. Charlotte, shy and retiring, is happy to devote her life to her father and her dull fiance Henry – until she sees Karl …
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UPDATE: The Board of Governors confirmed Dr. Martin's appointment on March 30 contingent upon BOG receipt of an amended employment agreement
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Evidence of Readership: Five leaves with marginal words, numbers, underlining, or accents in an early hand; a French genealogical note, written in another hand, tucked into the front cover.
Provenance: Small armorial rubber-stamp of Christian symbolist and archaeologist Louis Charbonneau-Lassay on first and last leaf of text, with his gift inscription to "le Comte François de Rilly" (i.e., François Odart de Rilly d'Oysonville) dated 18 March 1929 on front endpaper; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
Not in Adams; Brunet, III, p. 1285. On the device, see: CRAI, Centre de Recursos per a l'Aprenentatge i la Investigació, University of Barcelona. Bound as above; a few miniscule scuffs on covers. Provenance and readership markings as above. Pages with light age-toning; one small ink smudge. Neo-Latin poetry gorgeously "packaged." (37911)
This is the second edition and the first printing of the work at Rome: It is enlarged with the just-noted "Diarium" and with "other substantial additions by Robert Persons who saw it through the press" (Allison and Rogers).
Provenance: Purchased from Ludwig Rosenthal's shop in 2000; in a private collection until 2016.
Edit16 CNCE 26601; Graesse, Trésor de Livres rares et précieux, VI, 262; Allison & Rogers, Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation, I, 973. Early vellum over pasteboards, raised bands; author and title inked early to spine, and a small, old paper shelf-label to top compartment. Text slightly foxed, two blank margins repaired of old, tear in one leaf repaired. A nice copy. (36737)
Marks of readership: Sparse underlining, a couple annotations, and manicules, all in early ink.
Adams S469; CNCE 23210; Sander 6767; Essling 1465; Giovannozzi no. 27; D. Weinstein, "Il Manuale per confessori del Savonarola," in Memorie Domenicane, N. 29 (1998), pp. 21–38. 20th-century patterned paper–covered boards, faded blue edges (with a few marginal stains from the blue paint); trimmed close, especially at foot. Repairs to first and final leaves affecting one word in the title and a few letters in the letter to the editor; small tear to one leaf's upper margin crossing headline without loss; final quire with most leaves repaired at gutter and two at the top inner margin; leaves 92 to end with both a very small semicircular area of insect-gnawing to fore-edges and a modest brown stain in the upper outer corners not affecting text. A good, evocative little book. (27049)
Printed in gothic type (title in roman), 35–36 lines in single-column format, with side- and shouldernotes, the volume offers handsome criblé woodcut initials at the beginning of every sermon but two; sermons 9 and 17 instead have guide letters. The title-page bears a very large "phoenix" printer's device; errata are printed on the final two leaves.
Adams S506; Brunet V, 168; Graesse, VI, 283; CNCE 33380; Giovannozzi 153; Ridolfi v. 1, no. 3 (and pp. 24–27); Catalogo della collezione Guicciardiniana della Bib. Nazionale Centrale di Firenze 306; on Savonarola's return to Florence and sermons on First John, see: Villari, The History of Girolamo Savonarola (1863), Book I, ch. VIII. 20th-century crushed black morocco: covers plain, spine with author, title, place, and date of publication in gilt. Gilt double rule on board edges, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all bright. All edges gilt over red. A few minor stains and very mild foxing to the final two leaves; manuscript underlining on one page. Very good++. In fact an exceptionally lovely volume. (27056)
Also present is a printing of his Regulae septem ad omnes religiosos, a brief and strict rule for priests, friars, and brothers wishing to live a proper life.
Title-page in roman type and with a large woodcut of Savonarola in his cell writing (Savonarola on the left, window without bars). The text is printed in gothic with three large woodcut initials. The printer's large, handsome device appears below the colophon.
"Novissime cum textuu[m] annotationibus omnia diligenter recognita."
Adams S493; Essling 1464; Giovannozzi 120. 20th-century vellum over light paste boards, old style. Top margin of verso of title-page with small paper repair. Brown stain in in lower part of some leaves but not all; into text on most affected leaves but not all. Lacks final blank (only). Good+. (27052)
Of this work there exist two redactions, both published posthumously: One incomplete in three books (Venice 1537), and this, complete in seven. Savonarola probably composed these consolations ca. 1497 (see Giovannozzi) — the year he was excommunicated, and one year prior to his public burning at the stake in Florence.
Printed in roman type, 23 lines in single-column format, with side- and shouldernotes and with woodcut initials at the beginning of each book, this bears on its title-page a woodcut printer's device of a phoenix in flames facing the sun. Errata are printed on the recto of the final leaf.
Not in Adams. Giovannozzi 223; Ridolfi, Vita, I, 313, and II, 193; Catalogo della collezione Guicciardiniana della Bib. Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Suppl. III, p. 41; CNCE 47754. 20th-century vellum, a bit sprung, with remnant of an old paper shelf label at base; lacks final blank (only). Light brown stain in upper part of last two leaves and even lighter old staining elsewhere; otherwise, the odd spot only. Very good. (27059)
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19th-century cream paper–covered boards with handwritten spine labels of paper, all edges speckled red; well rubbed with some loss of paper, dust-soiled especially to spines and top edges. Ex–seminary library with remnants of spine labels, bookplates on front pastedowns and a fly-leaf, small inking on endpapers, and light pencilling to title-page versos and one leaf of text. Light age-toning, with pinprick wormhole affecting margins or parts of letters (but not sense) in several gatherings, wormtracking on inner margins of a few others; a few paper flaws, small spots or stains, two repairs, one marginal tear with paper loss, another small marginal hole, two leaves with inked notes. In fact a nice old trio. (37076)
Attributed to Luke Shepherd by Halkett and Laing, this is a satirical poem, a dialogue in verse, on the Eucharist, and could even be seen as a short play. It is printed in gothic (black letter) type witha large woodcut of a procession of the Eucharist on the title-page.
None of the copies reported to WorldCat, COPAC, or NUC are described as printed on vellum. The copy that Alston found at the British Library is not findable via the BL OPAC.
Provenance: Early 19th-century manuscript ownership on front fly-leaf: "Thomas Briggs Esq., Edgeware Road." Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
Alston, Books Printed on Vellum in the Collections of the British Library, p. 35; Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.), III, p. 192; Halkett & Laing (3rd ed.), J21 (var.) l NSTC, I, S1667. Original dun colored boards with beige linen shelfback; rebacked, and binding discolored. "25 copies Printed on chosen Parchment" written in ink in an early 19th-century hand in lower margin of the title-page. Foxing, heaviest on last three leaves; last page (a publisher's note and colophon) lightly inked and so a little faint. A nice find for the collector of printing on vellum, letterpress facsimiles, or reprints of rare 16th-century English tracts. (34699)
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.), III, p. 192; Halkett & Laing (3rd ed.), J21 (var.) l; NSTC, I, S1667. Original dun-colored boards; discolored with abrading along board edges and joints (outside). Foxing to blank pages and lesserly to text; stock of the text pages tan. A classic 19th-century production. (39519)
I: VD16 S6278; Graesse, VI, 398. II:: Pettegree & Walsby, French Books, 79713; not in Brunet. Binding as above. Joints and spine cracked but firm, with edges a bit rubbed and spine with leather lost at head, foot, and band ends; front free endpaper torn at lower outer corner. Text ruled in red, with an appended, unrelated gathering B entitled Phocylidis poema admonitorium (from an unidentified 16th-century probably French edition) and two leaves of gathering F misbound; upper blank margin of title trimmed, edges a trifle dusty, the odd marginal spot. Engaging content, an engaging physical copy, and a very engaging provenance. (40793)
This is this history's first edition and was followed by 1579, 1593, and 1628 editions. It is printed with a woodcut printer's device on the title-page showing the goddess Liberty with two books labelled "Bononia docet" ("Bologna teaches") at her feet. The text is enclosed in double-ruled borders and simply ornamented with a few woodcut initials, one of which shows Juno being pulled in her chariot by peacocks.
Adams S1117; Soltész, Catalogus librorum sedecimo saeculo . . . in Bibliotheca Nationali Hungariae . . . S524. On Sigonius, see: Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., XXV, 82; and Sandys, History of Classical Scholarship, II, 143–45. Full calf old style: Round spine with raised bands, accented in gilt beading; tan leather title label; fillets in blind extending onto covers from each band to terminate in trefoils with blind double fillets beyond. Pages lightly washed, clean, and crisp: a few instances of staining, not obscuring text; a few short notations in ink and occasional worming in the margins, neither affecting text; ink stain on p. 95 obscuring letters without loss of sense. Inked title on lower edge, old style. Three ink ownership stamps on title-page. EEe3–4, the last two leaves of the index, are lacking. (4561)
The minister-turned-printer Kuyper (1629–91) produced only Socinian works in the decade 1663–73, many edited by Andreas Wissowatius, Socinus's grandson who had an influential hand in the present opera. The printer Samuel Przypkowski, whose shop produced earlier volumes in the series of which these are a part, contributed the brief biography of Socinus here; and he has graced the text with refined tailpieces, large initials against a floriated background, and woodcut devices to the section titles (some initialed "HB" for printer Hendrick Boom). There are occasional Hebrew references in vol. II.
Provenance: Early inscription "Middeldorpf" on front flyleaf; bookplate and stamp of Rochester Theological Seminary (later the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School). Deaccessioned 2005.
Evidence of readership: Sparse ink annotations in a contemporary hand; underlining throughout, heavy in quires R–S and Nnn–Ppp in vol. I.
Knijff & Visser, Bibliographia sociniana, 2004–5 (for Bib. fratrum polonorum, see 2001–11); Estreicher Bibliografia polska, XIII: 45–48; Knuttel, Verboden boeken 60; STCN/ Bock I: 46–54; Wallace, Antitrinitarian Biography (for notes on protagonists of the movement); NCE 13: 397–8 (Socinianism). Contemporary northern-European style vellum over boards ruled in blind, panels with blind-stamped central cartouches, blue speckled edges and evidence of ties; old spotting and soiling with front joint (outside) of vol. II partially open at top and bottom but binding sound. Institutional stamps to each title-page and another few places as above, and additionally an old library sticker to spine of vol. II; old underlining and other inkings as above. Paper somewhat age-toned, with foxing and the occasional stain or short tear; indices (only) with light waterstains in some lower margins (only). A good, solid, clean set. (29264)
Evidence of Readership: A reader has helpfully added inked marginal reference numbers approximately every eight lines, for ease of navigation, and entered one small correction in an early hand.
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
Schreiber, Colines, 68; Renouard, Simon de Colines, pp. 166–7; Moreau, Éditions parisiennes du XVI siècle, III, 2292; Adams S1957. Bound as above, gently rubbed with some loss of leather at corners; joints (outside) refurbished and front one beginning to crack but covers solidly attached. A few pencilled notes on endpapers; faint touches of hand-coloring on title-page and (perhaps) one leaf of text. Light age-toning with a handful of spots, three small marginal paper flaws including one to title-page; two other small holes and one repair. Provenance and readership markings as above, perhaps a third of the marginal numbers partially trimmed. A pleasurable book to hold oruse. (38144)
Binding: 16th-century polished calf expertly rebacked in slightly lighter leather; spine plain with raised bands accented by blind rules above and below each band. Covers blind-ruled with large gilt fleurons to corners and gilt floral centerpieces. All edges gilt.
Provenance: Contemporary inscription "Perrot" to title-page (possibly Charles Perrot, 1541–1608, a Protestant minister in Geneva who preached religious tolerance and so fell out of favor with Calvin); slightly later name "Langloir" also inked to same. Small 19th-century photographic portrait of a military officer pasted to verso of front free endpaper. Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
Pettegree & Walsby record two copies, one in the U.S. (Harvard); WorldCat and COPAC find no copies with Bogard's imprint.
Renouard, Imprimeurs & libraires Parisiens du XVIe siècle, 281; Pettegree & Walsby, French Books, 8834. Bound and rebacked as above, with onetime cracking to covers near joints also strengthened/refurbished with darkening to leather; minor repair to corners, and later endpapers. Text double-ruled in red, with occasional slight toning and a little foxing to the title-page and last three leaves; a slender waterstain to the upper blank margin of the last two leaves and a small repair to the outer blank margin of the last.A very nice copy in an interesting binding. (40794)
Topics found in this collection of correspondence are wide ranging: Dante and terze rime, poetic style, preference for the Tuscan dialect, the fountains and viaducts of Rome, proper use of honorifics in letters, the letter "H" in Tuscan Italian and whether it is aspirated or not, teaching the alphabet to beginners, how a prince should react to those who speak ill of him, and the use of Greek words and terms.
This edition "con nuova aggiunta ristampati, & con somma diligenza da molti errori corretti" is printed in italic, and divided into seven "books," each "book" beginning with a woodcut factotum initial. The printer's handsome woodcut device graces the title-page and the volume ends with three useful indices.
Provenance: Black-stamped supra-libros (faded to "silver") of Paulus von Pruan (1548–1616), the Nuremberg merchant and collector, and his signature on the front free endpaper; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
Adams T789; EDIT16 CNCE 30511. Contemporary limp vellum (lacking front pastedown) with slightly yapp edges; evidence that an old manuscript leaf was repurposed in construction of spine and of now-absent ties. Occasionally a little old very light staining or foxing; clean and nice. A desirable copy. (38143)
VD16 T1606; Benzing, Hagenau, 39, 184. On Heinrich Gran's device, see: Heitz & Barack 2. 20th-century boards covered with vellum-like paper. Light age-toning with very light waterstaining across corners at end and some light foxing to margins elsewhere; very good and in fact for a "student book" remarkably good. A rare and attractive item. (37834)
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.
EDIT16 CNCE 60555; Mortimer, Italian 16th-Century Books, 523 (note); USTC 862550. This edition not in Adams. Contemporary limp vellum, title inked on spine with red painted shelfmark, title inked on fore- and bottom edges in an early hand; vellum stained and cockled, heavily chipped at spine head and very loosely attached, endpapers torn and soiled with evidence of worming and a few bibliographical notes in ink and pencil. Booklabel as above; light age-toning throughout, with waterstaining to lower and outer portions of the very faint to moderate level that reduces price but not pleasure. This was printed on inexpensive paper, as evidenced by one leaf with a small hole and a few examples of uneven edges; it has also been well read, with a few loosely attached quires, worn edges, occasionally a spot or a tear. A scarce edition that in this copy has had plenty of adventures and is ready for more; the illustrations arewonderful. (39635)


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Live from San Juan, Puerto Rico It's the Cube
Covering Blockchain Unbound Brought to you by, Blockchain Industries >> Welcome back everyone This is the Cube's exclusive coverage in Puerto Rico I'm John Furrier, the co-host of the Cube, co-founder of SiliconANGLE Media
In Puerto Rico for Blockchain Unbound, this is a global conference Going to the next level in industry migration up and growth, and blockchain, decentralized internet and obviously cryptocurrency, changing the world up and down the stack I have an industry veteran here My next guest Salim is founding CEO, Singularity University and author of the best-selling book, Exponential Organizations He's seen many waves, friend, known him for years
Haven't seen you in a while, you look great You haven't changed >> (laughs) The hair has changed a lot >> (laughs) I've still got mine Hey great to see you
Bumping into you in Puerto Rico is really compelling because you have a nose for the future, and I've always respected that about you You have the ability to understand at the root level what's going on but also pull back and see the big picture Puerto Rico is the center of all the action because the killer wrap in this is money So money is driving a lot of change, but there's some fundamental infrastructure, stack upgrades going on Blockchain has been highly discussed, crypto is highly hyped, ICO's are– Scammers out there but now some legits
What's your take? What's your view right now on the current situation? >> Well I think what's happening with a place like Puerto Rico is When you get kind of wiped out of the old, you have the chance to leap-frog When you think about any of our traditional environments, laying down Blockchain technologies, et cetera It's really, really hard because you have to get the Supreme Court, the Constitution to approve blockchain based land titles, and then you build a stack there from a legal perspective Here they can basically start from scratch and do it completely from the ground up
Which is what's exciting for everybody here >> The top story that we've been reporting here is that Puerto Rico is rebooting The hurricane obviously, I won't say a forcing function, but in general when you get wiped out, that is certainly an opportunity to rebuild If there's any kind of silver lining in that >> There's a long history of that
Japan got wiped out during World War II, so did Germany and they rebounded incredibly We've seen that recently with Rwanda We do a lot of work in Medillin, in Colombia, and that's just been one of the worst cities in the world, is now the most innovative city in the world So this is the transition that we've seen a pattern for >> One of the things I'm really excited about decentralization and blockchain is all the conversations have the same pattern
Efficiency is getting wired into things So if you see slack in the system or inefficiencies, entrepreneurs are feeling the void The entrepreneurial eye of the tiger goes that to that opportunity to reset, reduce steps, save time and make things easier Classic value proposition in these new markets You run a great university but also author of Exponential Organizations
A lot of people are scared, they're like, "Whoa, hold on Slow down, this is bullshit, "we're not going to prove it" And then the other half saying, "No this is the future" So you have two competing forces colliding You have the new guard saying, "We got to do this, this is the future
" Old guard saying, "Blocks, Road blocks, blockers" You covered this in your book in a way, so how do you win, who wins? How do you create a win win? >> You can create a win win What you have to do is leap-frog to the newest, fast as possible The only question is, how can you get to the new? And the problem that you have is, as you rightly pointed out is When you try disruptive innovation in any large organization or institution, the immune system attacks I saw this at Yahoo running Brickhouse
Yahoo is supposedly a super advanced organization, and yet the minute you try to do something really radical, you spend all your time fighting the mother ship So I've been focusing a lot of time the last few years focused on that particular problem, and we're pretty excited, we believe we've cracked it >> How does someone crack that code? If I'm Puerto Rico, obviously the government officials are here at Blockchain Unbound This is not just a tech conference It's like a tech conference, investor conference, kind of world economic form rolled into one
>> Sure >> There's some serious players here What's your advice to them? >> So what we do, and let me describe what we do in the private sector and what we do in the public sector A couple of years ago, the global CI of Procter & Gamble came to me and said, "Hey, we'd like to work with you" And what we typically see is, some executive from a big company will come to Singularity They'll go back headquarters with their hair on fire going, "Oh my god!" If they're from BMW for example
They go back going, "Drones, autonomous cars, hyperloop, VR" Back in Munich, they'll be given a white coat and some medicine and be put in a corner "You're too crazy, now stand over there" And that's the tension that you are talking about And then somebody else will come six months later then they'll do the Silicon Valley tour, then they'll have one of our people go over there, and it takes about three years for the big company to get up to speed, just the C-Suite to get up to speed
Forget transmitting that down So I was talking to Linda Clement-Holmes and I said, "Look we're about to start this three year dance "I've been thinking about this, "let's shrink it to 10 weeks" So we designed what we now call an ExO Sprint Which is how you get a leadership, culture and management thinking of a legacy organization, three years ahead in a 10 week process And the way we do it is, we're in an opening workshop, that's really shock and awe
Freaks out all the incumbent management And then young leaders and future lieutenants of the business do the thinking of what should come next And they report back Some thing about that opening workshop suppresses the immune system, and when the new ideas arrive they don't attack them in the same way >> It's like a transplant if you will
>> It's like when you do a kidney transplant You suppress the immune system, right? It's that same idea So we've now run that like a dozen times We just finished TD Ameritrade, HP, Visa, Black & Decker, et cetera We're open-sourcing it
We're writing a manual on how to do it so that anybody can self-provision that process and run it Because, every one of the Global 5000 has to go through that process with or without us So then we said, "Okay, could we apply it to the public sector?" Where the existing policy is the immune system You try and update transportation and you're fighting the taxis Or education and you're fighting the teacher's unions
We have a 16 week process that we run in cities We do it through a non-profit called the Fastrack Institute based out of Miami We've run it four times in Medillin, in Colombia and we just finished four months with the mayor of Miami on the future of transportation We're talking to the officials here about running a similar process here in Puerto Rico >> Are they serious about that? Because they throw money at projects, it kind of sits on the vine, dies on the vine
Because there is an accelerated movement right now I mean, exponential change is here I'll give you an example We're seeing and reporting that this digital nation trend is on fire Suddenly everyone wants digital cities, IoT is out there
But now what cryptocurrency, the money being the killer app It's flowing everywhere, out of Colombia, out of everywhere Every country is moving money around with crypto it's easier, faster So everyone is trying to be the crypto, ICO city Saw it on Telegram today, France wants to be, Paris wants to be the ICO city
Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Armenia, Estonia UK just signed a deal with Coinbase What the hell is going on? How do you rationalize this and what do you see as a future of state here? >> Well I think, couple of thoughts
And you're hitting into some of the things I've been thinking about a lot recently Number one is, that when you have a regulatory blockage, it's a huge economic developing opportunity for anybody that can leap-frog it Nevada authorized autonomous cars early and now a lot of testing is done there So the cities that have appreciated– >> So you're saying regulatory is an opportunity to have a competitive advantage? >> Huge, because look at Zug in Switzerland Nobody had ever heard of the place
You pass through there on the way to Zermatt But now it's like a destination that everybody needs to get to because they were earlier This is the traditional advantage of places like Hong Kong or Dubai or whatever They're open and they're hungry So we're going to see a lot of that going on
I think there's a bigger trend though, which is that we're seeing more and more action happen at the city level and very, very little happen at the national or global level The world is moving too fast today for a big country to keep up It's all going to happen this next century at the city level >> Or smaller countries >> Or small countries
>> So what's going on here at Blockchain Unbound for you? Why are you here? What are you doing? What's your story? >> I have this kind of sprint that we run in the private sector and in the public sector and then a community of about 200 consultants And I have to pay 200 people in 40 countries and it's and unholy mess Withholding taxes and concerns around money transfer costs– >> It's a hassle >> It's a nightmare And so I've been thinking about an internal cryptocurrency just to pay our network
All of a sudden now, three or four countries have said, "Hey we want to buy that thing, "to have access to your network" So I've got all this demand over here, and I need to figure out how to design this thing properly So I've been working with some of the folks like Brock and DNA and others to help think through it But what I'm really excited about here is that, there's a– You know what I love is the spectrum of dress You got the radical, Burning Man, hippie guy, all the way to a three-piece suit
And that diversity is very, very rich and really, real creativity comes from it This feels like the web in '96, '95 It's just starting, people know there's something really magical They don't quite know what to do >> Well what I'm impressed about is that there's no real bad vibe from either sets of groups
There's definitely some posturing, I've noticed some things Obviously I'm wearing a jacket, so those guys aren't giving me hugs like they're giving Brock a hug I get that, but the thing is, the coexistence is impressive I'm not seeing any real mud-slinging, again I didn't like how Brock got handled with John Oliver I thought that was unacceptable because he's done a lot of good work
I don't know him personally, I've never met him, but I like what he's doing, I like his message His keynote here, at d10e, was awesome Really the right messaging, I thought That's something that I want to get behind and I think everyone should But he just got trashed
Outside of that, welcoming culture And they're like, "Hey if you don't like it, "just go somewhere else" They're not giving people a lot of shit for what they do It's really accepting on all sides >> Here's my take on the whole decentralization thing
We run the world today on a series of very top down hierarchical structures The corporation, the military industrial complex, Judeo-Christian religions, et cetera That are very hierarchical– Designed for managing scarcity, right? We're moving the world very, very quickly to abundance We now have an abundance of information, we'll soon have an abundance of energy, we'll soon have an abundance of money, et cetera And when you do these new structures, you need very decentralized structures
Burning Man, the maker movement, the open-source movement, et cetera It's a very nurturing, participatory, female type of archetype and we're moving very quickly to that What we're seeing in the world today is the tension going from A to B >> And also when you have that next level, you usually have entrepreneurs and sponsorships People who sponsor entrepreneurs the promotion side of it, PR and that starts the industry
Then when it hits that level it's like, "Wow it's going to the next level" Then it gets capital markets to come in Then you have new stake holders coming in now with government officials This thing is just rocket-shipping big time >> Yes >> And so, that's going to change the dynamics
Your thoughts and reaction to that dynamic >> Completely, for example When we do these public sprints we end up usually with a decentralized architecture that needs to built
For example, we're working with the justice system in Colombia And the Supreme Court has asked us to come in and re-do the entire justice system Now you think about all the court filings and court dates, and briefs, and papers all should be digitized and put on a blockchain type structure because it's all public filing We have an opportunity to completely re-do that stack and then make that available to the rest of the world I think that trend is irreversible for anything that previously had centered– I mean, most government services are yes, ratifying this and ratifying that
They all disappear >> Well Salim, I want to tap your brain for a second Since you're here, get it out there, I want to throw a problem at you, quick real time riff with you So one of the things that I've been thinking about is obviously look at what cloud computing did, no one saw Amazon web services early, except some of the insiders like us Who saw it's easy to host and build a data center
"I have no money, I'm a start-up or whatever" You use AWS, EC2 and S3 They were misunderstood, now it's clear what they're doing
But that generated the DevOps movement So question for you is, I want to riff with you on is, "Okay that created programmable infrastructure, "the notion of server-less now going mainstream" Meaning, I don't have to talk about the server, I need resource so I can just make software, make it happen That's flipped around the old model, where it used to be the network would dictate to the applications what they could do How is that DevOps ethos, certainly it's driven by open-source, get applied to this cryptocurrency? Because now you have blockchain, cryptocurrency, ICO is kind of an application if you will, capital market
How does that model get flipped? Is there a DevOps model, a blockchain ops model, where the decentralized apps are programming the blockchain? Because the plumbing is the moving chain right now You got, Hashgraph's got traction, then you got Etherium, Lightning's just got 25 million dollars I mean, anyone who's technical knows it's a moving train in the plumbing But the business logic is pretty well-defined
I'm like, "I want to innovate this process "I'm going to eliminate the efficiency" So this dynamic Does the business model drive infrastructure? Does the plumbing drive the business model? Your thoughts on this new dynamic and how that plays out >> I suspect you and in violent agreement here
It's always going to be lead by the business model because you need something to act as the power of pull to pull the thing along, right? The real reason for the success of Etherium right now is all the ICOs and it was a money driven thing Today we're going to see these new stacks, now we're on version three of these new types of stacks coming along, and I think they're all looking for a business model Once we find some new killer ops for this decentralized structure, then you'll see things happen But the business model is where it's at >> So basically I agree with you
I think we're on the same page here But then advice would be to the entrepreneurs, don't fret about the infrastructure, just nail your business model because the switching cost might not be as high as you think Where in the old days, when we grew up, you made a bad technical assess and you're out of business So it's kind of flipped around >> Yeah, just hearing about this term, atomic swaps
Where you can just, essentially once you have a tokenized structure, you can just move it to something else pretty quickly Therefore, all the effort should be on that I think finding the really compelling use cases for this world is going to be fascinating to see >> So software-defined money, software-defined business, software defined society is coming >> Yes >> Okay, software defined, that's the world Salim thanks for coming on, sharing your awesome expert opinon
Congratulations on your awesome book How many countries is your book, Exponential Organizations– >> It's now about a quarter of a million copies in 15 languages >> Required reading in all MBA programs, and the C-Suite Congratulations, it's like the TANEx Engineering that Mark Dandriso put out A whole new paradigm of management is happening
Digital transformation >> We now have the ability to scale an organization structure as fast as we can scale technology >> Blockchain you know, the nature of the firm was all about having people in one spot So centralized, you can manage stuff Now with blockchain you have a decentralized organization
That's your new book, the Decentralized Organization >> Although, I'm not sure I have another book in me >> There's a book out there for somebody, Decentralized Organizations Salim, thank you for joining us The Cube here, I'm John Furrier the co-host
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