May 2012
9 posts
“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For...”
– John Lennon (via david)
I really needed this today.
“They say the world is a crowded place, it doesn’t feel like it when you’re...”
– Michael Daaboul
April 2012
48 posts
Who Can Solve London's Great Challenges? |... →
smartercities:
Against the backdrop of a made-for-tv mayoral election, Richard Florida looks at the litany of issues afflicting London as the city struggles with the deepest challenges it has faced since the Great Depression and post-war years.
As Ken Livingstone, the former mayor and “fiery socialist with a penchant for dropping explosive sound bites”, faces off against Boris Johnson,...
“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.”
– Charles Malik, Lebanese philosopher and diplomat (via halftheskymovement)
“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.”
– Charles Malik, Lebanese philosopher and diplomat (via halftheskymovement)
The future of business is in ecosystems →
Robert Reich: Why a Fair Economy is Not... →
robertreich:
One of the most pernicious falsehoods you’ll hear during the next seven months of political campaigning is there’s a necessary tradeoff between fairness and economic growth. By this view, if we raise taxes on the wealthy the economy can’t grow as fast.
Wrong. Taxes were far higher on top…
Just move on...
Sometimes the best revenge is to smile, move on and do nothing.
Watchpoptech:
“If we can understand how behaviors spread…we could potentially promote behaviors like…condom use or tolerance.”
Sinan Aral’s two areas of interest are behavioral contagions and causality. He believes that if we can understand how behavior is spread in a population, there’s the potential to promote good behaviors such as condom use and tolerance and to deter behavior like smoking and...
Random people: To be truly wise →
random-people:
All he wants to possess is the ability to cope, to be wise. Material things bore him, with the exception of secondhand books. Those he loves deeply and passionately. If he would have to require anything but wisdom, he would choose knowledge, but to be truly wise is his ultimate goal. To be able…
“The intelligent have become so intelligent that they can’t handle the increasing...”
– Michael Daaboul
