My “Gun Control” Reality
By Yoram Yahav

At a time like this, when the news is filled with cases involving unnecessary shootings and killings, I couldn’t resist but to address the issue. There is no reason for it and the death toll could be reduced drastically.

Americans should realize that the so-called “Gun Control” which already exists in so many countries does not burden the individual’s freedom. Isn’t it worth the many lives that could be saved in the future?… More>

Deep Uncertainty: It’s Personal!
By Prof. Shlomo Maital

All of us, especially young people, face deep uncertainty in our personal lives. All the skills and knowledge we are acquiring can become obsolete in the blink of an eye. For instance: Our three sons are experts at navigating with maps, a skill they learned the hard way, in the dark and through the soles of their feet. Today, GPS makes that skill obsolete. Once a whole layer of managers crunched data. Today they’re gone; software does it instead.

What this means for MBA students is this: You need to develop above all two key qualities: flexibility, and resilience… More>

A Sustainable Hospitality Industry in Jerusalem
By David Miron-Wapner

All of us must choose a bold new course away from “business as usual” towards a new paradigm – Sustainability.

Simply put, this demands that we act in concert with our environment, understanding its limits and carrying capacity – that in meeting our present needs we do not compromise the opportunities for future generations; so they too may enjoy all the progress and comfort to which we have become accustomed, yet seem still to take for granted in the modern world... More>

Ideas from Nature
By Prof. Shlomo Maital

Prof. Ehud Rivlin is an expert on robotic machine vision. Helping robots see better, it turns out, is a key part of improving how they function. Over 20 years ago, Rivlin embarked on a risky and challenging research project, to better understand vision by studying creatures who see far better than humans. His quest brought him to study birds, insects and lizards.

His goal: Make robots that can see much better… More>