Tag: Society

The Great Indian Tragedy

According to the backgrounder by The Economic Times: A lethal plume of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from a storage tank at the Union Carbide

Who You Are

Thanks to Jin, I discovered a gem of a guest post on the excellent GapingVoid blog.  In “You, Less Than“, Pamela Slim presents her views on

Then What?

Another brief but thought-provoking post from Seth Godin, called Sad Tim: At the post office the other day, a guy wearing a beautiful handmade scarf

World 2.0

I chance upon The Artist Farm recently, and soon find myself reading post after post on a wide range of interesting topics.  One particular post that

Fighting Complacency

I few days ago, I encountered a blog post by Jin Yang entitled ‘Complacency‘.  In it, Jin writes about his early years growing up in

A Sick Joke?

A post on the Acumen blog got me thinking about something that I have witnessed and lived with all my Life! Here was a man

Ideas Worth Spreading

Anil Dash drives home a hard-hitting truth in his recent post entitled “Free Publicity“: … the world I inhabit, at the intersection of tech and

Righting a Wrong

Feb 1887 The Dawes Act was enacted on February 8, 1887 regarding the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma. Named after its sponsor,

Slowing Down

Thanks to a link on Rajesh’s blog, I discovered a brilliant essay published on the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Not So Fast“.  The WSJ describes it as

Managing for Abundance

I love the way Chris Anderson (of Wired) thinks.  His arguments provide a fresh new perspective on Society, and are far more relevant in today’s

The Story Matters

I was talking to a friend who works in Social Development, and the conversation veered towards what can such institutions do differently to make a

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