If trust is a currency how do you avoid bankruptcy?
Kate Carruthers There has been a lot of talk in the social media and web 2.0 world about trust as the base currency of this new world (e.g. Trust Economies: Investigation into…
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Managers are important too
After recent thoughts about leadership – just when I thought it was all sorted out in my mind – a buddy, @KerriAnne, made the point that some great leaders are…
future summit day 1
Here at the Future Summit 2009 in Melbourne – interesting attendees (lots of people in suits though 😉 You can check out the Flickr photos and videos & see the…
We take our freedom of speech for granted!
This news item from Techcrunch – hat tip to @jowyang for the link – makes me conscious of how precious are our freedoms of speech and association. People fought hard…
What Do You Believe That You Cannot Prove?
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…
International Aid = False Hope for Africa?
Another interesting snippet re international aid and Africa: Tech Central Station – False Hope “Thus, the international aid system has essentially served to reward policies that slow down development, whatever…
Just War?
“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…
New Digital Divide?
Seth Godin makes an interesting point about a new digital divide: “I think a new divide has opened up, one that is based far more on choice than on circumstance.…
Junkscience.com – “all the junk that’s fit to debunk”
Junkscience.com – this site is fun to peruse from time to time. It takes Junk science, which is defined as “faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and,…
Conservatives Fight Back – “Beware the Entertaining ‘Food Police’ “
The conservatives fight back against Supersize Me – there is a new web site that dissects & attempts to demolish Spurlock’s arguments against McDonald’s: The “Food Police” are back, this…