About david
Bio
I'm a chicago-born writer, long-term resident in france and the uk. A recovering academic too. Have written about houses, einstein, voltaire, emilie du chatelet (who taught voltaire most of what he knew), politics, fairness, communications, being a jerk, +not+ being a jerk; now am in the middle of writing about resets
I'm passionate about
cinnamon babke. good histories. gossiping with friends.
An idea worth spreading
if someone asks 'can you succeed without being a jerk' the answer is: yes...but it's not easy. (there's a book I'd recommend that shows how....)
The TED story
ages ago I spoke at some of the TED conf's in monterey, and made lifelong friends; with pleasure have been lassoed in to see what's been happening more recently.
Things you might not know
I've been a kickboxing instructor for many years. Also grew up with five book sisters. Both excellent training for enjoying conversation