http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931836221/c4iorg This is a cut and paste of Richard Thieme's book annoucement for Islands in the Clickstream, THE BOOK. Longtime readers of InfoSec News know I am big fan of Richard's work, can count him as a good friend, and someone who has the pulse of a number of worlds. After the horific events of 9/11/01, the only thing that made any sense of the day was Richard's prose. http://seclists.org/isn/2001/Sep/0050.html William Knowles wk@private -=- Please forgive me if you were previously notified of my book through my email list. This is being sent to colleagues in the security, technical, and intelligence worlds and is the last "official announcement." A book collecting some of my work from the past eight years has just been published. Andrew Briney, editor-in-chief of Information Security, says in the forward - "This book is about power and knowledge, insight and inspiration, culture and experience, physics and metaphysics. Like space and time, there are multiple dimensions to this book. I'll wager you've never read anything quite like it." He may be right... My work as a speaker and consultant continues. Speaking is focused on the human dilemmas resulting from technology, terror, and other challenges of our public and private lives. I address the personal, spiritual, and social implications of technology and suggest ways to respond effectively to technology-driven change. I particularly enjoy facilitating retreats, enabling people to have an opportunity get off-site and to think things through. As Stephanie Fohn, formerly CEO of Security Focus, said: "In many ways you never left the ministry, at least from the standpoint of providing guidance in matters of spirituality and quality of life - you just changed your flock to the security community." . RT Multiple essays per chapter are arranged by topics: Chapter 1: This is the Way the Internet Works Chapter 2: Computer-Mediated Living: The Digital Filter Chapter 3: Doing Business Digitally Chapter 4: Hacking and the Passion for Knowledge Chapter 5: Digital Spirituality Chapter 6: Mostly True Predictions Chapter 7: The Psychology of Digital Life: Identity and Destiny Chapter 8: Political Implications Chapter 9: The Dark Side of the Moon and Beyond Chapter 10: Technology Gets Personal Here are some of the early accolades for Richard Thieme's Islands in the Clickstream: Reflections on Life in a Virtual World: Richard Thieme takes us to the edge of cliffs we know are there but rarely visit ... he wonderfully weaves life, mystery, and passion through digital and natural worlds with creativity and imagination. This is delightful and deeply thought provoking reading full of "aha!" insights. - Clinton C. Brooks, Former Senior Advisor for Homeland Security and Assistant Deputy Director, NSA These warm but penetrating essays use insights from hacker culture, science fiction movies, religion, military doctrine, psychology, Midwestern family life, literature and history to illuminate unorthodox but deeply profound ways of understanding ourselves and everything around us. - Jennifer Stisa Granick, Esq., Executive Director, Center for Internet & Society, Cyberlaw Clinic, Stanford Law School Where Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle left off, Richard Thieme picks up, exploring crucial questions about the nature of existence in the technology age and offering cogent commentary about truth and meaning that is as relevant to hackers as it is to CEOs. Thieme is truly an oracle for the Matrix generation. - Kim Zetter, Wired News Thieme's Islands in the Clickstream is deeply reflective, enlightening, and refreshing. --Peter Neumann, Stanford Research Institute Richard Thieme speaks to the heart. His words more than inspire, they teach us how to think. The reader is left reeling, dizzy with insight. - Robin Roberts, former head of Information Security R&D, CIA Richard Thieme sees deeply into the nature of networks and has the uncanny ability to describe what he sees with extraordinary clarity. - Howard A. Schmidt, former Cyber Security Advisor to the White House and former CSO, Microsoft Corp. Thieme's ability to be open minded, conspiratorial, ethical, and subversive all at the same time is very inspiring. - Jeff Moss, CEO, Black Hat, Inc. I believe that you are a practitioner of wu wei, the effort to choose the elegant appropriate contribution to each and every issue that you address. - Hal McConnell (former intelligence analyst, NSA) At its best, the Internet connects us to kindred souls, those who are destined to transform our lives in truly wondrous ways. My friend, Richard Thieme, first came to me over the Net and his words and actions have inspired me to see myself and the world around me in a different light. This collection of his writings represents a glimpse into the inner workings of a most extraordinary mind. - Becky Bace, former executive, National Security Agency Richard Thieme sees deeply into the nature of the human spirit and expresses with great clarity what he observes. - Joel Garreau, cultural revolution correspondent, The Washington Post Richard Thieme is an extraordinary person in every sense. Only someone who has lived different lives and could cope with what those had in stock for him, who sees with soft eyes while reflecting everything around him can express the meta layer of today's world and technology as the one thing it is. - FX WOW!!! you eloquently express thoughts and ideas that I feel. You have helped me, not so much tear down barriers to communication, as to leverage these barriers into another structure with elevators and escalators. --Chip Meadows, CISSP, CCSE, USAA e-Security Team "Richard Thieme navigates the complex world of people and computers with amazing ease and grace. His clarity of thinking is refreshing, and his insights are profound."--Bruce Schneier, CEO, Counterpane Richard Thieme presents us with a rare gift. His words touch our heart while challenging our most cherished constructs. He is both a poet and pragmatist navigating a new world with clarity, curiosity and boundless amazement. -- Kelly Hansen, CEO, Neohapsis Richard Thieme teaches experts to see with 'beginners' eyes' and hackers to think like philosophers. More than a great thinker, Thieme is an original soul. When you read Richard Thieme, you believe in the Matrix." -- Sol Tzvi, Senior Security and Privacy Architect, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Israel BOOK DETAILS ISBN: 1-931836-22-1 PRICE: $29.95 U.S. PAGE COUNT: 256 PP _________________________________________ Help InfoSec News with a donation: http://www.c4i.org/donation.html
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