Meditation is Silicon Valley's newest business strategy

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Meditation is Silicon Valley's newest business strategy

In the fast moving world of Silicon Valley it seems there's a hot new trend every minute, and meditation practice has become de rigeuer among the entrepreneurial set.

A couple meditates during celebrations for the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak'tun 13 and the start of the Maya new age, on December 21, 2012, in the Copan archaeological park, 400km northwest of Tegucigalpa.

In the fast moving world of Silicon Valley it seems there's a hot new trend every minute, and meditation practice has become de rigeuer among the entrepreneurial set.

In the fast-moving world of Silicon Valley it seems there's a hot new trend every minute. Google Glass, 3-D printing, and smart watches are already last week's news. Now, the latest buzz word on the lips of the tech savvy is "Om."

Meditation practice has become de rigeuer among the entrepreneurial set. But this is not your hippie uncle's brand of Buddhism, at least not according to a piece in Wired by Noah Shactman.