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"The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens." — Rilke
A recent study found that the super-wealthy—of all people—tend to be isolated, unhappy, and brimming with anxieties. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...
All change begins with disruption. http://peggyholman.com/my-book...
The average length of an act of heterosexual lovemaking in North America is just 4 minutes. We live such diminished lives.
I'd forgotten how beautiful Oslo can be when it's not December.
RT @matthiasrascher: Sam Keen: Our lives are shaped by the stories we tell about ourselves.. http://www.scottlondon.com/intervi... #philosophy #culture
Truthfulness, honor, is not something that springs ablaze of itself—it has to be created between people. ~Adrienne Rich http://www.scottlondon.com/blog...
What I learned from studying "small groups of thoughtful, committed citizens" in four cities: http://www.scottlondon.com/blog...
Using mathematics, Martin Nowak makes the case that the ability to cooperate is the secret of humanity's success. http://www.newscientist.com/article...
Facebook now monitors our every word. It's like some twisted version of "1984" or "Brave New World." http://techland.time.com/2011...
People talk about "overcoming" or "conquering" their problems. But I think it's truer to say we outgrow them.
A cover story in Oslo's leading daily says that no one has heard a word about China's jailed pro-democracy leader Liu Xiaobo in five months.
If you want to make God laugh, someone once said, tell him your plans.
"We become hopeful when somebody tells the truth. I don't know why this is, but I experience it often." — Meg Wheatley
Oslo's #partnershipforchange conference is a wrap after two days of rich and inspiring presentations—and comedic brilliance from Jon Schau.
"Listening isn't only about waiting," says Jacqueline Novogratz, "it's also about learning how to ask better questions" http://www.ted.com/talks...
In his book on creativity, David Bohm observes that really subtle, deep, and far-reaching problems can only be solved by original thinking.
Often the new paradigm emerges all at once, sometimes in the middle of the night, in the mind of a man deeply immersed in crisis. — T. Kuhn
Embracing new ideas isn't difficult. The challenge is clearing out the old ones that no longer serve us.
RT @KREMNorge: Tomorrow:#partnershipforchange conference,Oslo: http://www.hippie.com/partner... spkrs: @jonsc @scottlondon @thorkilsonne @unnibs @HanneSerine ++
I’m never angry at anybody, said Don Juan Matus. No human being can do anything important enough for that.
A path is only a path, said Don Juan Matus. Does it have a heart? If it does, the path is good. If it doesn’t, it's of no use.
RT @nipclaw: Professor Irwin Abrams: Historian of the Nobel Peace Prize http://www.independent.co.uk/news... @indy_ext
The difference between a journalist and an historian, Bill Moyers says, is that the historian knows the difference.
Letter from Sendai: "Somehow as I experience the events happening now in Japan, I can feel my heart opening very wide." http://www.odemagazine.com/blogs...
"Writers and their Notebooks," edited by Diana Raab, is one of the best books I've seen on journaling as a path to creativity.
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