Statue of Liberty (cc) Wikimedia Commons
Happy 125th birthday to Lady Liberty.
“The New Colossus” (1883) by Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Continue reading
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts,
there can be no more hurt, only more love.
— Mother Teresa
What is a game?
It is “a system in which players engage in Continue reading
"Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor," National Geographic Museum, Washington, DC (cc) By Kevin H. Kevin Harber
An interesting piece on rise and fall of dynasties, which holds true for the growth and decline of any large systems including political philosophies (communism, capitalism, and so on), and businesses… Continue reading
Day 2 from Wandering Through Nothingness
Mary Gordon, a leading researcher in the field and Founder of Roots of Empathy emphatically believes that we cannot teach empathy, but must provide the opportunity for it to be experienced. Continue reading
Got Empathy? (cc) Asbjørn Sørensen Poulsen
Ashoka is launching an “Empathy” initiative, which would be a great resource for the future. At the moment, they are looking for someone to lead the program.
Empathy. We don’t hear the term every day, but Ashoka Fellows over the past thirty years have shown time and again that there is no practice more fundamental to the human experience and no skill closer to the heart of what it means to be a changemaker. Its presence–and as profoundly, its absence–can be seen amongst the myriad challenges that populate our daily headlines, whether school bullying, ethnic conflict, crime, or the global preparedness of tomorrow’s workforce. Continue reading
