Events

Colfax Avenue: In March, 2010, after four years of investment in the Chinese market, Google closed its site in China citing a cyber attack and challenges presented by Chinese censorship. This event may be emblematic of growing difficulties for U.S. firms in China. An emerging Chinese policy of “indigenous innovation” favors domestic enterprises at the expense of U.S. firms via a web of patent laws, product standards, and licensing requirements that many say are putting non-Chinese firms at a significant disadvantage. Join Active Minds as we examine how China’s single-party communist rule has impacted its path to economic development and how this emerging conflict is viewed by the international business community. PDF of the Active Minds Lecture Series.

Colfax Avenue: Steven Kotler, author of the surfing classic West of Jesus, will read from and sign his new book A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life ($24.00 Bloomsbury USA), which peers through the lenses of science and spirituality to examine the world of dog rescue, and what dogs can teach us about how to live and love. Kotler was forty years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. “Love me, love my dogs” was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs—then ten, then twenty, and then they lost count—bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico. A Small Furry Prayer chronicles their adventures at Rancho de Chihuahua, the sanctuary they created for their special needs pack. Visit Steven Kotler’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com