The religious impulse isn't merely a matter of man's cringing self-protective fear; it can also be an expansive response toward the universe, morality and freedom, and a strain of post-Enlightenment thinking, featuring thinkers of the caliber of Kant, struggled to do justice to religion's expansive aspects.
Taking off on the whole Facebook-initiated user personalization thing, Groupon has launched two new forward thinking features in terms of e-commerce, Groupon Stores and the Deal Feed.
What Happens Now? is a new site for people who've had suicide attempts or suicidal thinking, featuring personal stories and resources.
He delivers something else too, the opposite of Google's type-ahead, I-already-know-what-you're-thinking feature.
Perhaps the most forward-thinking feature, around a year before Youtube existed, was The Movies Online, a website hosting user videos.
If you think a bunch of stuff is missing from the list, you're probably thinking about features that are a part of the iPhone 3.0 software.
This week's What They Were Thinking column features a photo from "Idols," the 1973 cult-classic photo book by Gilles Larrain that chronicled the gender-bending New York arts scene in the early '70s.
"D" is for deep, which to Kawasaki means thinking about features that go beyond the norm.
When we're inactive or slow down the pace at which we live, we can't help thinking of features of our lives we'd prefer to forget - above all, the fact that we're going to die.
Successful smartphones also require a hook — be it thoughtful design, a strong spec sheet, or forward-thinking features.
