piero scaruffi

piero scaruffi is an author, cultural historian and blogger who graduated in Mathematics in his native Italy before undertaking a career in the software industry of Silicon Valley, where he directed an Artificial Intelligence Center. In parallel he pursued his interests in the arts. Visiting scholarships at Harvard and Stanford in Cognitive Science and lecturing at UC Berkeley resulted in the book “The Nature of Consciousness” (2006). All along he also continued writing poetry both in Italian (for which he has been awarded several prizes) and in English. His main books on music are: “A History of Rock and Dance Music” (2009) and “A History of Jazz Music 1900-2000” (2007). He also co-wrote the first “History of Silicon Valley” to cover the century from the founding of Stanford University to the boom of social media. All along he also continued writing poetry both in Italian (for which he has been awarded several prizes) and in English. “Synthesis” (2009) collects poems and meditations.  His main books on music are: “A History of Rock and Dance Music” (2009) and “A History of Jazz Music 1900-2000” (2007).  All his writing is hosted on his website: www.scaruffi.com.

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Articles

"The Nonlinear Origins of Free Will"   piero scaruffi  May 16, 2012

"The Asian Miracle"   piero scaruffi  May 1, 2012

"The Turkish dictatorship, Turkey’s “sense of humor,” and a Timeline of Turkish History"   piero scaruffi  Apr 11, 2012

"India: another great illusion?"   piero scaruffi  Mar 30, 2012

"Israel will strike Iran before November"   piero scaruffi  Mar 24, 2012

"Syria: the center of the New World Order"   piero scaruffi  Feb 14, 2012

"Facebook’s Brave New World"   piero scaruffi  Feb 7, 2012

"The Russian Spring"   piero scaruffi  Jan 31, 2012

"We Are All Pirates"   piero scaruffi  Jan 25, 2012