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About the Author: The interest in debating inherited ideas and theories came early, in my teenage years. I wanted to understand the great thinkers’ “foundation” in philosophy, religion, science, politics, and other human intellectual endeavors. It resurfaced as a writing project when my father asked what my plan would be after completing my graduate studies at the Sorbonne. But it was brushed aside for the sake of other priorities in my life. The fact is I saw it early on as a way toward good conversations. Good conversation is hard to find. People talk, talk, and talk. But too often, it comes down to opinions: people like to dump opinions, and few people are actually available for a follow-on exchange. Most people appear to have little time to think about their own opinions – they are what they are – let alone to understand a difference of opinion. I obtained my university graduate degree in sciences and engineering at the Sorbonne in 1958. As a contributor to General Electric’s research lab, I was granted five U.S. patents in electronics/computer technology. A few years later, having held various management responsibilities in the large multinational corporation, I started my own management consulting practice and worked as a general management advisor/coach to large and small corporations in many countries. When I retired from full-time business engagements in 1996, I started my writing project at MIT’s Humanistic Studies Department, with courses in Darwin, rhetoric, linguistics, and advanced essay writing. I then published The Legacy; a book of three essays on certain management challenges that are rarely considered by gurus. I published Winter Letters, in 2005, introducing the “seeds” as well as several essays and snapshots of certain events in my life that had made a lasting impression.
Information about these books, now including Seeds, can be obtained on my son’s Website, www.ugik.comAnd conversations with readers, though difficult to find, encouraged me to continue.
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