Max Roser: defining global development
This is a really interesting interview with Max Roser, founder and editor of Our World in Data. Recommend. The idea of development is to make… Read More »Max Roser: defining global development
Sustainability and change
Matt Ridley: invention vs innovation
[Public service announcement for email subscribers: sorry for the unfinished post you may have received out of the weekend – I was having issues with… Read More »Matt Ridley: invention vs innovation
Staying fresh
Will require: Clarity of vision (and a worthwhile vision to begin with); Recognition of progress made; Acceptance of limits; Forgiveness for failures; Avoidance of (fatal)… Read More »Staying fresh
Astonishing wealth inequality graphic
Inequality isn’t my favourite hobby horse, mainly because: “Fair” and “equal [being / having the same]” are often (wrongly) assumed to be the same thing;… Read More »Astonishing wealth inequality graphic
Systems thinking: Peter Senge on the limits of learning from experience
The most powerful learning comes from direct experience. Indeed, we learn eating, crawling, walking and communicating through direct trial and error – through taking an… Read More »Systems thinking: Peter Senge on the limits of learning from experience
The unglamorous work of doing good (2)
I recently delivered some food parcels to families in our area. This was “helping those who have less” in one of its clearer and more… Read More »The unglamorous work of doing good (2)
The unglamorous work of doing good (1)
The side of the tracks Among the most rewarding pieces of “good” that I’ve ever done was to start a micro-savings group for a small… Read More »The unglamorous work of doing good (1)
DC goes exponential
Not really. But we did fly past six-thousand views in early June thanks to Tyler Cowen re-tweeting a link to this post about reading. The… Read More »DC goes exponential
A somewhat reassuring thought
When your wariness about the future tips over into anxiety, when the world is not turning not only upside down but also inside out, and… Read More »A somewhat reassuring thought
The operative word
Misquoted dialogue from Madam Secretary: “With the lives of tens of thousands of people on the line I hope this works.” “Hope being the operative… Read More »The operative word