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Each year LeWeb conference evolves and improves on the last one, but one thing remains - the amazing diversity of people that you meet. And this is one of the reasons that, in spite of many criticisms that others level at this conference, I like to attend. Last night this
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As they say to introduce this latest in the TED stable: "How are women and girls reshaping the future? The first-ever TEDWomen invites men and women to explore this question in depth. From the developing world, where a single microloan to a single girl can transform a village, to
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There is so much pressure on people these days to be successful. And I do not think we are encouraged to stop and think what success actually means for each of us and for society in general. Many of us seem to be on a treadmill. Go to school, get
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In the past we used to be able to separate the public from the private and business from the personal quite easily. But this was an aberration. Privacy was a tiny blip in the long history of human existence. Going back only as far as our great grandparent's
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As I sat today during the funeral of a friend's mother I pondered this question. Is it simply achieving great age? Is it leaving behind many who loved you? What about the joy and love and laughter you shared? What about the things you built - from great
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Had an interesting conversation with some friends recently and it got me thinking about what we work for. In Western societies many of us work, in addition to money and sustenance, for self-actualisation (in a Maslowian sense). Many of us pick work that is meaningful to us and which meets
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Just came across two fairly old articles that are really worth reading: The Male Privilege Checklist by B. Deutsch This is a summary of the unconscious privilege to which able bodied white men are generally subject. This is not a criticism of white men - really it is just how
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There is some really thought provoking stuff over at esr.ibiblio.org - Armed & Dangerous - (esr.ibiblio.org/index.php?p=184 full story here), an excerpt follows below: "I believe, but don?’t know how to prove, a much stronger version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis than
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) One little problem with Livy's idea is that a last hope may still lead to a stupid and unnecessary war. Many wars seem
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More food for thought from Ally about women, men & feminism ... As Ally notes, "What too many women do not understand is just how privileged we truly are - especially in today's climate in the free world. We are not caged by our womb - we are