Tag: Society

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

e-Waste : Little Known Truths

I chanced upon a Guardian story of May 2008 entitled ‘Breeding toxins from dead PCs‘ that described how children are dying to clear up the developed world’s

How Schools Kill Creativity

From the day I’ve discovered TED’s video talks, I’ve been hooked.  If I’m not watching at least one video-talk a day, there’s something wrong.  It’s

Know your World

Thanks to a link from one of Atanu’s posts, I discovered the amazingly powerful and insightful data graph of GapMinder on the state of the

Patent Problem

An unusual writeup in the Health section of the New York Times caught my eye… When Genae Girard received a diagnosis of breast cancer in

Restructuring Universities

A link from Rajesh’s Emergic blog led me to an enlightening NYTimes writeup on the limitations of the “University” as we know it : GRADUATE

Facing the Truth

A recent Fortune article on the exploding popularity of Facebook, began on an interesting note: President Obama used it to get elected. Dell will recruit

Colour Blindness

He was born in 1961 to an economist from Kenya and an anthropologist from Kansas.  He grew up in a modest home, was raised by

Chronology of a Crisis

Even if you’re not a part of the Financial Services industry today, this stuff is important.  It’s affecting economies all over the globe, and it’s

Back to the Future

Bob started talking about the way cinema used to be a socio-cultural event, back in the ol’ days. This was a time when a ticket cost less than 50 pence. But, in exchange for that princely sum, the audience could do so much…Just going to see a movie in the theatre used to be a memorable event in itself! Most of us born on this side of the ’70s would not have dreamt of such a thing, were it not for stories like these handed-down from one generation to the next. So that got me thinking: What else has actually deteriorated in terms of its overall experience, despite modern-day advances? Surely, one could come up with many examples…

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