Treblinka became real, the shift from myth to reality took place in a blinding flash, the encounter between a name and a place wiped out everything I had learned, forced me to start again from scratch.
After leaving the stable job I kept for six years, I started a successful strategic consulting practice from scratch to thriving which consisted of me convincing CEOs to hire me as somewhat of a strategy cowboy who likes to wear jeans and be home for dinner.
The MBII served me well on my trip to Supai it emerged without a single scratch, despite my occasional run-ins with canyon walls and heavy backpacks and it served me fantastically back in New York: the nylon band and zesty orange accents make it an excellent casual watch for short-sleeve summer days.
What makes me optimistic about the future is that we have not even begun to scratch the surface of all that can be accomplished by actually applying information technology pervasively.