Point of view: The Zen of social media

This articles discusses the fast pace of development in social media, and how unpredictability makes planning difficult for businesses.

Point of view: The Zen of social media

Molly Flatt1000heads

Two years ago, I went on a 10-day silent retreat at a Buddhist monastery in the middle of the Thai jungle. One morning at 5am, in the first of the day's meditation sessions, with bites on my arms from the spiders I wasn't allowed to kill and cramps in my stomach from the food I wasn't allowed to eat, I finally achieved my revelation on the impermanence of all things. Praise the universe, I thought. Glory to the fickle world. In only 48 hours, this too will end, and...

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