Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Amazon.com: Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average: Joseph T. Hallinan: Books
Amazon.com: Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average: Joseph T. Hallinan: Books: "All of this has important implications for businesses, governments and other group activities. Organizations that brook no dissent, on the theory that the most senior people in the room will never make mistakes, are headed for disaster. As Hallinan explains, novices are often better able to spot errors than the 'experts,' who tend to skim over mistakes and ignore them because, ironically, the experts assume the mistakes out of the equation. Thus, the 'newbie' in the room may spot the embarassing arithmetic error faster than the senior folks who wrongly assume from experience that such an error could never be made."
Go Ahead, Have Regrets - HBR.org
Go Ahead, Have Regrets - HBR.org: "Neuroscience also tells us that learning probably works best when there is an intense emotional component to it, so it could be that regret bolsters our ability to learn from experience."
Monday, March 30, 2009
Amazon.com: Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average: Joseph T. Hallinan: Books
Amazon.com: Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average: Joseph T. Hallinan: Books: "As the Greeks put it, 'Know thyself.' Finally, as one more illustration, before carrying out s decisions, ask what could go wrong (what Klein refers to as a 'pre-mortem')."
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Dr. Doom - Profile - Nouriel Roubini - Predicting Crisis in the United States Economy - NYTimes.com
Dr. Doom - Profile - Nouriel Roubini - Predicting Crisis in the United States Economy - NYTimes.com: "As a graduate student at Harvard, Roubini was an unusual talent, according to his adviser, the Columbia economist Jeffrey Sachs. He was as comfortable in the world of arcane mathematics as he was studying political and economic institutions. “It’s a mix of skills that rarely comes packaged in one person,” Sachs told me. After completing his Ph.D. in 1988, Roubini joined the economics department at Yale, where he first met and began sharing ideas with Robert Shiller, the economist now known for his prescient warnings about the 1990s tech bubble."
Saturday, March 28, 2009
An Orderly Office? That’s Personal - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com
An Orderly Office? That’s Personal - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com: "What is this? Mary Poppin's?!! Since when does every bit of medicine need to be washed down with a spoonful of sugar. In that movie, books are flying off the shelves, clothes are magically tucked away on their own, the beds are made on their own. I have major disagreements with this article. I don't care how busy you are, a small home office does not require nearly 2,000 bucks to clean. Stop your blogging, step away from your computer, and get to work!
Another example of how America has to sugarcoat every mundane task to get it done. My parents and grandparents would be shocked how utterly lazy this country has become. For the record, I am 28, live on my own, work 50-60 hours a week, preparing for grad school, live within my means, my house is spic and span, and I don't have an abundant supply of cheap child labor helping me with chores. It is not that difficult people!
— Nick, Midwest"
Another example of how America has to sugarcoat every mundane task to get it done. My parents and grandparents would be shocked how utterly lazy this country has become. For the record, I am 28, live on my own, work 50-60 hours a week, preparing for grad school, live within my means, my house is spic and span, and I don't have an abundant supply of cheap child labor helping me with chores. It is not that difficult people!
— Nick, Midwest"
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times: "No one likes to admit that his or her best efforts at understanding and solving a problem have actually made the problem worse, but that’s exactly what has happened in the case of nutritionism. Scientists operating with the best of intentions, using the best tools at their disposal, have taught us to look at food in a way that has diminished our pleasure in eating it while doing little or nothing to improve our health. Perhaps what we need now is a broader, less reductive view of what food is, one that is at once more ecological and cultural. What would happen, for example, if we were to start thinking about food as less of a thing and more of a relationship?"
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times: "cientists study what scientists can see."
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times: "The good news is that, to the carrot eater, it doesn’t matter. That’s the great thing about eating food as compared with nutrients: you don’t need to fathom a carrot’s complexity to reap its benefits."
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times: "BAD SCIENCE
But if nutritionism leads to a kind of false consciousness in the mind of the eater, the ideology can just as easily mislead the scientist. Most nutritional science involves studying one nutrient at a time, an approach that even nutritionists who do it will tell you is deeply flawed. “The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science,” points out Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist, “is that it takes the nutrient out of the context of food, the food out of the context of diet and the diet out of the context of lifestyle.”
If nutritional scientists know this, why do they do it anyway? Because a nutrient bias is built into the way science is done: scientists need individual variables they can isolate. Yet even the simplest food is a hopelessly complex thing to study, a virtual wilderness of chemical compounds, many of which exist in complex and dynamic relation to one another, and all of which together are in the process of changing from one state to another. So if you’re a nutritional scientist, you do the only thing you can do, given the tools at your disposal: break the thing down into its component parts and study those one by one, even if that means ignoring complex interactions and contexts, as well as the fact that the wh"
But if nutritionism leads to a kind of false consciousness in the mind of the eater, the ideology can just as easily mislead the scientist. Most nutritional science involves studying one nutrient at a time, an approach that even nutritionists who do it will tell you is deeply flawed. “The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science,” points out Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist, “is that it takes the nutrient out of the context of food, the food out of the context of diet and the diet out of the context of lifestyle.”
If nutritional scientists know this, why do they do it anyway? Because a nutrient bias is built into the way science is done: scientists need individual variables they can isolate. Yet even the simplest food is a hopelessly complex thing to study, a virtual wilderness of chemical compounds, many of which exist in complex and dynamic relation to one another, and all of which together are in the process of changing from one state to another. So if you’re a nutritional scientist, you do the only thing you can do, given the tools at your disposal: break the thing down into its component parts and study those one by one, even if that means ignoring complex interactions and contexts, as well as the fact that the wh"
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times
Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times: "THE RISE OF NUTRITIONISM
The first thing to understand about nutritionism — I first encountered the term in the work of an Australian sociologist of science named Gyorgy Scrinis — is that it is not quite the same as nutrition. As the “ism” suggests, it is not a scientific subject but an ideology. Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions. This quality makes an ideology particularly hard to see, at least while it’s exerting its hold on your culture. A reigning ideology is a little like the weather, all pervasive and virtually inescapable. Still, we can try."
The first thing to understand about nutritionism — I first encountered the term in the work of an Australian sociologist of science named Gyorgy Scrinis — is that it is not quite the same as nutrition. As the “ism” suggests, it is not a scientific subject but an ideology. Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions. This quality makes an ideology particularly hard to see, at least while it’s exerting its hold on your culture. A reigning ideology is a little like the weather, all pervasive and virtually inescapable. Still, we can try."
Friday, March 27, 2009
About Us | Indian Muslims
About Us | Indian Muslims: "We couldn't say it better than these words of James Brow:
'I make no claim, therefore, that my account is either comprehensive or objective, let alone that it is the authoritative and definitive account of what happened ... Like all account it is partial, in the twin senses of being both incomplete and one-sided, and that partiality is inescapably mine. Nevertheless, while I cannot avoid imposing myself as a screen between the people ... and the reader, I am consoled by the thought that without my intervention few people would ever hear their voices... at all.'
'This is not because [they] are incapable of speaking for themselves. Far from it: they are as eloquent as anyone else. But inequalities in the distribution of power, wealth, and the technologies of communication virtually guarantee that, without the intervention of someone like myself, they would be heard only within a very narrow horizon.'"
'I make no claim, therefore, that my account is either comprehensive or objective, let alone that it is the authoritative and definitive account of what happened ... Like all account it is partial, in the twin senses of being both incomplete and one-sided, and that partiality is inescapably mine. Nevertheless, while I cannot avoid imposing myself as a screen between the people ... and the reader, I am consoled by the thought that without my intervention few people would ever hear their voices... at all.'
'This is not because [they] are incapable of speaking for themselves. Far from it: they are as eloquent as anyone else. But inequalities in the distribution of power, wealth, and the technologies of communication virtually guarantee that, without the intervention of someone like myself, they would be heard only within a very narrow horizon.'"
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Science of Thinking Smarter - HBR.org
The Science of Thinking Smarter - HBR.org: "Nowadays, our stresses are measured not in moments with mountain lions, but in hours, days, and sometimes months, as we deal with hectic workplaces, screaming toddlers, bad marriages, money problems. Our bodies aren’t built for that. If you have the tiger at your doorstep for years, then all kinds of internal mechanisms break down, from sleep rhythms to specific parts of the immune system. Enduring chronic stress is a little bit like taking a giant airplane and sticking it into water. The airplane wasn’t built to be in water; the brain wasn’t built to endure chronic stress."
Karthik's talk: Hitman, Foxclocks, HBR, Google
Karthik's talk: Hitman, Foxclocks, HBR, Google: "Mahatma Gandhi Quotes"
Karthik's talk: Hitman, Foxclocks, HBR, Google
Karthik's talk: Hitman, Foxclocks, HBR, Google: "Mahatma Gandhi Quotes"
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail - HBR.org
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail - HBR.org: "Error 1: Not Establishing a Great Enough Sense of Urgency"
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
To Lead, Create a Shared Vision - HBR.org
To Lead, Create a Shared Vision - HBR.org: "As counterintuitive as it might seem, then, the best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present. The only visions that take hold are shared visions—and you will create them only when you listen very, very closely to others, appreciate their hopes, and attend to their needs. The best leaders are able to bring their people into the future because they engage in the oldest form of research: They observe the human condition"
Blog « I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Blog « I Will Teach You To Be Rich: "“The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
I wish we were always smart enough to prepare for flat tires, traffic tickets, coffee spills on our laptops, emergency flights for someone sick in our family, and other unexpected expenses. But we’re not — even though they consistently happen, month after month. Ironically, the expenses themselves may be unexpected, but the occurrence of them is very predictable."
– Kurt Vonnegut
I wish we were always smart enough to prepare for flat tires, traffic tickets, coffee spills on our laptops, emergency flights for someone sick in our family, and other unexpected expenses. But we’re not — even though they consistently happen, month after month. Ironically, the expenses themselves may be unexpected, but the occurrence of them is very predictable."
Holman Jenkins Says the AIG Bonus Episode Reveals Our Elected Officials' Lack of Political Courage - WSJ.com
Holman Jenkins Says the AIG Bonus Episode Reveals Our Elected Officials' Lack of Political Courage - WSJ.com: "But the biggest lesson here is the old one that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance -- beginning with insistence on the rule of law"
The New York Times > Health > What Makes People Happy? TV, Study Says
The New York Times > Health > What Makes People Happy? TV, Study Says: "Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of 'Authentic Happiness,' said that the method also adds a valuable dimension to the understanding of what constitutes a good life. One part of it is mood, he said; another is how engaged people are in what they're doing; and a third is meaning.
'You could think of them as three different takes a person has on his or her life,' he said. 'When a kid is deciding what job to take, the questions are: how much positive emotion will it provide, how engaging will it be, and how meaningful is the work.'"
'You could think of them as three different takes a person has on his or her life,' he said. 'When a kid is deciding what job to take, the questions are: how much positive emotion will it provide, how engaging will it be, and how meaningful is the work.'"
Op-Ed Columnist - Secrets of a Pollster - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Secrets of a Pollster - NYTimes.com: "What distinguishes the best leaders, he says, is that they learn from their crashes, adjust, persist and succeed"
Jat (caste) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Jat (caste) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia: "Encyclopædia Britannica articles, from the full Encyclopædia Britannica database
Jat
peasant caste of northern India and Pakistan. In the early 21st century the Jat constituted about 20 percent of the population of Punjab, nearly 10 percent of the population of Balochistan, Rajasthan, and Delhi, and from 2 to 5 percent of the populations of Sindh, Northwest Frontier, and Uttar Pradesh. The four million Jat of Pakistan are mainly Muslim by faith; the nearly six million Jat of India are mostly divided into two large castes of about equal strength: one Sikh, concentrated in Punjab, the other Hindu."
Jat
peasant caste of northern India and Pakistan. In the early 21st century the Jat constituted about 20 percent of the population of Punjab, nearly 10 percent of the population of Balochistan, Rajasthan, and Delhi, and from 2 to 5 percent of the populations of Sindh, Northwest Frontier, and Uttar Pradesh. The four million Jat of Pakistan are mainly Muslim by faith; the nearly six million Jat of India are mostly divided into two large castes of about equal strength: one Sikh, concentrated in Punjab, the other Hindu."
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Be Strategic About Your Time - Rita McGrath - HarvardBusiness.org
Be Strategic About Your Time - Rita McGrath - HarvardBusiness.org: "So what can you do to get more value-added productivity into your days? A few suggestions:
Develop a set of screens or scorecards that can help you systematically winnow the attractive opportunities from the less attractive. I've got one that I use for considering new clients, and it helps to set priorities clearly.
• Try to bring old projects to some kind of closure before new ones get on the list.
• Make sure to book some time with yourself for those strategic, but non-urgent tasks (like thinking, or writing) that tend to get crowded out by urgent demands. I have one client who has a mythical person named 'Joe' - meetings with Joe are for thinking, and it's understood that they are not to be interrupted.
• Check email only twice a day (promise- it won't kill you!)
• Try to make the consequences of your tradeoffs clear to those (like a boss or colleague) who may be creating excess work for you.
• Match your strategic priorities with how you spend your time - and question activities that don't drive those priorities.
• And finally, do question the value of every activity - if it simply didn't get done, what would happen?"
Develop a set of screens or scorecards that can help you systematically winnow the attractive opportunities from the less attractive. I've got one that I use for considering new clients, and it helps to set priorities clearly.
• Try to bring old projects to some kind of closure before new ones get on the list.
• Make sure to book some time with yourself for those strategic, but non-urgent tasks (like thinking, or writing) that tend to get crowded out by urgent demands. I have one client who has a mythical person named 'Joe' - meetings with Joe are for thinking, and it's understood that they are not to be interrupted.
• Check email only twice a day (promise- it won't kill you!)
• Try to make the consequences of your tradeoffs clear to those (like a boss or colleague) who may be creating excess work for you.
• Match your strategic priorities with how you spend your time - and question activities that don't drive those priorities.
• And finally, do question the value of every activity - if it simply didn't get done, what would happen?"
Be Strategic About Your Time - Rita McGrath - HarvardBusiness.org
Be Strategic About Your Time - Rita McGrath - HarvardBusiness.org: "And finally, do question the value of every activity - if it simply didn't get done, what would happen?"
There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression - WSJ.com
There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression - WSJ.com: "The writer and philosopher Laurens van der Post, in his memoir of his friendship with Carl Jung, said, 'We live not only our own lives but, whether we know it or not, also the life of our time.' We are actors in a moment of history, taking part in it, moving it this way or that as we move forward or back"
There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression - WSJ.com
There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression - WSJ.com: "The writer and philosopher Laurens van der Post, in his memoir of his friendship with Carl Jung, said, 'We live not only our own lives but, whether we know it or not, also the life of our time.' We are actors in a moment of history, taking part in it, moving it this way or that as we move forward or back"
Shriver: Obama’s Special Olympics Quip Is ‘Teachable Moment’ - Washington Wire - WSJ
Shriver: Obama’s Special Olympics Quip Is ‘Teachable Moment’ - Washington Wire - WSJ: "Shriver went on to give Obama and the rest of the country, for that matter, a morning lesson: “I think it’s important to see that words hurt and words do matter.”
He went on to say that “This language needs to be a teachable moment, I think, for our country. I would hope every parent who is at home this morning, can turn to their children and say, ‘This is a chance for us to recognize that when we talk about Special Olympics, when we talk about people with special needs, let’s make sure we talk about it in an affirming way.’”"
He went on to say that “This language needs to be a teachable moment, I think, for our country. I would hope every parent who is at home this morning, can turn to their children and say, ‘This is a chance for us to recognize that when we talk about Special Olympics, when we talk about people with special needs, let’s make sure we talk about it in an affirming way.’”"
Shriver: Obama’s Special Olympics Quip Is ‘Teachable Moment’ - Washington Wire - WSJ
Shriver: Obama’s Special Olympics Quip Is ‘Teachable Moment’ - Washington Wire - WSJ: "Shriver went on to give Obama and the rest of the country, for that matter, a morning lesson: “I think it’s important to see that words hurt and words do matter.”"
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | March 23, 2009 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | March 23, 2009 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”"
An Interview with Jonathan Clements - Part 2 | AllFinancialMatters
An Interview with Jonathan Clements - Part 2 | AllFinancialMatters: "Every time I tackle a new topic, it’s a huge amount of work. It isn’t simply that I need to understand the issues involved. Rather, I need to get to the point where I not only understand the topic, but also understand enough to have a point of view. That’s the goal of a columnist: Facts aren’t enough, you also have to have an opinion."
Amazon.com: How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn: Allan S. Roth: Books
Amazon.com: How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn: Allan S. Roth: Books: "10 Dumb Things Adults Do With Their Money
By second grade, we all learn some simple and truthful lessons about the world around us and how to navigate it. As life goes on, however, what we continue to learn is less about making us smart and more about making us outsmart ourselves in investing.
Adulthood apparently brings with it the feeling that important matters, such as our money, are too important to deal with simply. Why go back to the basics when there is the sophisticated, complex path to take? Sure, continuing on such a path offers a 99.9% certainty of underperforming simplicity, and will also set our retirement goals back by a couple of decades, but isn’t that how grownups invest? Unfortunately, yes. There are many dumb things that adults do...
1. They love to buy high and sell low. They buy after the market is up and then panic and sell when the market falls.
2. They play important games without understanding the rules. Any kid knows that if you don’t understand how a game is played, you can’t win at it. Same goes for buying a product that has a 471 page disclosure document no one can understand.
3. They believe an"
By second grade, we all learn some simple and truthful lessons about the world around us and how to navigate it. As life goes on, however, what we continue to learn is less about making us smart and more about making us outsmart ourselves in investing.
Adulthood apparently brings with it the feeling that important matters, such as our money, are too important to deal with simply. Why go back to the basics when there is the sophisticated, complex path to take? Sure, continuing on such a path offers a 99.9% certainty of underperforming simplicity, and will also set our retirement goals back by a couple of decades, but isn’t that how grownups invest? Unfortunately, yes. There are many dumb things that adults do...
1. They love to buy high and sell low. They buy after the market is up and then panic and sell when the market falls.
2. They play important games without understanding the rules. Any kid knows that if you don’t understand how a game is played, you can’t win at it. Same goes for buying a product that has a 471 page disclosure document no one can understand.
3. They believe an"
Monday, March 23, 2009
Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done
Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done: "#
Hive Five
Five Best Web Browsers
It's probably the most important and debated piece of software on the modern computer. See how your fellow readers get around the net, and vote for your favorite web browser, in this week's Hive Five. More »
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Hive Five
Five Best Web Browsers
It's probably the most important and debated piece of software on the modern computer. See how your fellow readers get around the net, and vote for your favorite web browser, in this week's Hive Five. More »
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By Jason Fitzpatrick
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Better and Brighter - Judith Warner Blog - NYTimes.com
Better and Brighter - Judith Warner Blog - NYTimes.com: "Maybe it will be discovered that some of the best and the brightest are already teaching third grade and providing low-paying, low-glory health care services. Maybe the definition of the term will come to depend less on money and power, and more on service, ideals, even character. Perhaps there will be an honest accounting of what drives a life devoted to wealth-making.
And maybe — if things work out for this book-writing president and his coterie of brilliant advisers — people might even start to see intellectuals as good, and bright, without irony."
And maybe — if things work out for this book-writing president and his coterie of brilliant advisers — people might even start to see intellectuals as good, and bright, without irony."
Susan Jacoby: A Voice of Reason
Susan Jacoby: A Voice of Reason: "The book surveys an anti-rational landscape extending from reality TV and “infantainment” videos for babies to a pseudo-intellectual universe of “junk thought.” This vast kingdom of junk thought reaches from semiliterate blogs of all political persuasions to institutions of so-called higher education that offer courses in “fat studies” and horror films but do not require students to obtain a thorough grounding in American and world history, science, and literature. Throughout our culture, disdain for logic and evidence is fostered by the infotainment media from television to the Web; aggressive anti-rational religious fundamentalism; poor public education; the intense politicization of intellectuals themselves."
How we got into the messiest war in our history
How we got into the messiest war in our history: "'Why do we find it so hard,' Henry Steele Commager has recently asked, 'to accept this elementary lesson of history, that some wars are so deeply immoral that they must be lost, that the war in Vietnam is one of these wars, and that those who resist it are the truest patriots?' I would answer that rhetorical question by observing that for those of us not directly involved with the war at either end, it is not hard at all, but that's partly because we were not there. Long distance morality is the easiest kind. Halberstam, however, was there, and he has been back, and if the Halberstams don't help us discover where the political brink stops and the moral abyss begins, who will?
Why are we in Vietnam? In portraying the decision making process as a struggle between the humanists and the rationalists; in suggesting that had the humanists been in charge all might have been well; in finding the origins of the Vietnam war primarily in the cold war; in focusing on the politics of bureaucracy to the exclusion of the morality of politics, Halberstam has been faithful to, if critical of, the perspective of his subjects, and to that extent his inquiry may lack optimal historical imagination. It may be, ironically, that to get a book as rich in inside information, insight and occasional wisdom"
Why are we in Vietnam? In portraying the decision making process as a struggle between the humanists and the rationalists; in suggesting that had the humanists been in charge all might have been well; in finding the origins of the Vietnam war primarily in the cold war; in focusing on the politics of bureaucracy to the exclusion of the morality of politics, Halberstam has been faithful to, if critical of, the perspective of his subjects, and to that extent his inquiry may lack optimal historical imagination. It may be, ironically, that to get a book as rich in inside information, insight and occasional wisdom"
Op-Ed Columnist - The Brightest Are Not Always the Best - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Brightest Are Not Always the Best - NYTimes.com: "Halberstam loved that story because it underlined the weakness of the Kennedy team: “the difference between intelligence and wisdom, between the abstract quickness and verbal facility which the team exuded, and true wisdom, which is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience.” That difference was clearly delineated in Vietnam, where American soldiers, officials and reporters could see that the war was going badly even as McNamara brusquely wielded charts and crunched numbers to enforce his conviction that victory was assured."
Working the Truth Beat - New York Times
Working the Truth Beat - New York Times: "If there was one thing above all else that David taught us, it was to be skeptical of official accounts, to stay always on guard against the lies, fabrications, half-truths, misrepresentations, exaggerations and all other manifestations of falsehood that are fired at us like machine-gun bullets by government officials and others in high places, often with lethal results.
“You have to keep digging,” he would say, “keep asking questions, because otherwise you’ll be seduced or brainwashed into the idea that it’s somehow a great privilege, an honor, to report the lies they’ve been feeding you.”"
“You have to keep digging,” he would say, “keep asking questions, because otherwise you’ll be seduced or brainwashed into the idea that it’s somehow a great privilege, an honor, to report the lies they’ve been feeding you.”"
Working the Truth Beat - New York Times
Working the Truth Beat - New York Times: "I remember once when we were hanging out, shooting the breeze about some horror in the news, Julia said to me, “Why is the world the way it is?” She added quickly, as though embarrassed: “I know it’s a ridiculous question. But I wonder.”"
Working the Truth Beat - New York Times
Working the Truth Beat - New York Times: "David Halberstam died in the most ordinary of ways, like Camus, in the kind of car crash that is such an everyday occurrence it never warrants a second look unless the victim is a celebrity or someone we know.
David and I weren’t close, but we got along well. He was always exceptionally kind to me, very generous with sources and advice, and funny as hell with stories from his legendary past. It’s a cliché, but he was a larger-than-life figure, a big, distinguished-looking man with a carefully cultivated baritone voice and a touch of pomposity that was tempered by a look in his eye and a hint of a smile that let you know that he knew exactly what he was doing.
He was among the very best reporters I’ve ever known."
David and I weren’t close, but we got along well. He was always exceptionally kind to me, very generous with sources and advice, and funny as hell with stories from his legendary past. It’s a cliché, but he was a larger-than-life figure, a big, distinguished-looking man with a carefully cultivated baritone voice and a touch of pomposity that was tempered by a look in his eye and a hint of a smile that let you know that he knew exactly what he was doing.
He was among the very best reporters I’ve ever known."
Saturday, March 21, 2009
The Leadership Playlist: Legendary Coaches: Lessons on Sports and Life - On Leadership at washingtonpost.com
The Leadership Playlist: Legendary Coaches: Lessons on Sports and Life - On Leadership at washingtonpost.com: "All great coaches have this one thing in common,' she told me. 'They understand that you get what you demand, not what you request,' she told me. 'They know how to absolutely insist on a certain standard every single day, and they do not accept anything less -- regardless of whether a team is old or young, no matter the circumstances or the personalities of the players.'"
Friday, March 20, 2009
Pankaj Mishra: Violence runs through this 'stable' India, built on poverty and injustice | World news | The Guardian
Pankaj Mishra: Violence runs through this 'stable' India, built on poverty and injustice | World news | The Guardian: "· Pankaj Mishra is the author of Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond
kannauj@gmail.com"
kannauj@gmail.com"
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got - Marshall Goldsmith - HarvardBusiness.org
The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got - Marshall Goldsmith - HarvardBusiness.org: "Although he was normally in a very upbeat mood, one day Dr. Case seemed annoyed. He looked at me and growled, 'Marshall, what is the problem with you? I am getting feedback from some people at City Hall that you are coming across as negative, angry and judgmental. What's going on?'"
The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got - Marshall Goldsmith - HarvardBusiness.org
The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got - Marshall Goldsmith - HarvardBusiness.org: "Although he was normally in a very upbeat mood, one day Dr. Case seemed annoyed. He looked at me and growled, 'Marshall, what is the problem with you? I am getting feedback from some people at City Hall that you are coming across as negative, angry and judgmental. What's going on?'"
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
BeCause - The Power of Purpose - BLOGS
BeCause - The Power of Purpose - BLOGS: "Unfortunately, one of the most tragic aspects of human progress is that we only learn the real lessons the hard way. Or as Will Rogers famously said: “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”"
BeCause - The Power of Purpose - BLOGS
BeCause - The Power of Purpose - BLOGS: "Unfortunately, one of the most tragic aspects of human progress is that we only learn the real lessons the hard way. Or as Will Rogers famously said: “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Think Progress » Barney Frank: It’s ‘Nonsensical’ To Retain AIG Employees To Undo The Mess They Created
Think Progress » Barney Frank: It’s ‘Nonsensical’ To Retain AIG Employees To Undo The Mess They Created: "That’s nonsensical. It’s clear they made a lot of mistakes and we need to undo what they did. If they really understood what they did in the first place, seriously, they probably wouldn’t have done much of it. Secondly, when you are trying to undo something, it is often not the case that the people who did it are the ones to put in place. People are sometimes committed to not admitting mistakes. … So that argument I think is in fact almost counter, because the argument that you take the people who made the mistake and put them in charge of undoing the mistake goes against the human impulse not to admit a mistake."
Investments Turning Paradoxical - Value Research: The Complete Guide to Mutual Funds
Investments Turning Paradoxical - Value Research: The Complete Guide to Mutual Funds: "the investor’s.
I’m sure there’s a market for such products. I guess there are people who love complex products and do-it-yourself kind of activities. It’s just questionable whether these have a place in mutual fund investing. As I’ve written earlier, the whole idea of investing in mutual funds is to get a decent return on one's investment without having to go through the complexity of investment management oneself. In fact, this offloading of decisions to a professional fund manager is the whole point of investing in a mutual fund."
I’m sure there’s a market for such products. I guess there are people who love complex products and do-it-yourself kind of activities. It’s just questionable whether these have a place in mutual fund investing. As I’ve written earlier, the whole idea of investing in mutual funds is to get a decent return on one's investment without having to go through the complexity of investment management oneself. In fact, this offloading of decisions to a professional fund manager is the whole point of investing in a mutual fund."
Op-Ed Contributors - Rated F for Failure - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributors - Rated F for Failure - NYTimes.com: "Finally, regulators and investors should return to the tool they used to assess credit risk before they began delegating responsibility to the credit rating agencies. That tool is called judgment."
First the Vision Then the Mission - Associated Content
First the Vision Then the Mission - Associated Content: "2008's statement is 'I create outrageous prosperity and financial wealth for myself, my family and friends in all that I say and do.'"
First the Vision Then the Mission - Associated Content
First the Vision Then the Mission - Associated Content: "2008's statement is 'I create outrageous prosperity and financial wealth for myself, my family and friends in all that I say and do.'"
Friday, March 13, 2009
Cohen: The inner life - International Herald Tribune
Cohen: The inner life - International Herald Tribune: "As the woman proceeded down the car, I could hear that phrase being repeated - 'Please, I'm trying to buy flowers for a funeral arrangement' - until at last it grew muffled in a kind of ruckus and a smooth-voiced recorded announcement overwhelmed it: 'Courtesy is contagious. It begins with you.'
So does change from within."
So does change from within."
The TV Watch - High Noon on the Set - Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart - NYTimes.com
The TV Watch - High Noon on the Set - Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart - NYTimes.com: "Part of Mr. Stewart’s frustration may stem from the fact that while he clearly won the debate, Mr. Cramer and CNBC stood to profit from the encounter. In today’s television news market, that cable network and its stars are like the financiers they cover: media short-sellers trading shamelessly on publicity, good or bad, so long as it drives up ratings. There isn’t enough regulation on Wall Street, and there’s hardly any accountability on cable news: it’s a 24-hour star system in which opinions — and showmanship — matter more than facts."
The TV Watch - High Noon on the Set - Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart - NYTimes.com
The TV Watch - High Noon on the Set - Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart - NYTimes.com: "Part of Mr. Stewart’s frustration may stem from the fact that while he clearly won the debate, Mr. Cramer and CNBC stood to profit from the encounter. In today’s television news market, that cable network and its stars are like the financiers they cover: media short-sellers trading shamelessly on publicity, good or bad, so long as it drives up ratings. There isn’t enough regulation on Wall Street, and there’s hardly any accountability on cable news: it’s a 24-hour star system in which opinions — and showmanship — matter more than facts."
The TV Watch - High Noon on the Set - Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart - NYTimes.com
The TV Watch - High Noon on the Set - Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart - NYTimes.com: "Mr. Cramer tried to be friendly and looked a little taken aback by Mr. Stewart’s prosecutorial tone — he might have been expecting a more jocular give-and-take. But mostly, he sat back and milked every last drop from a tempest-in-a-cable-box that NBC and its sister channels have been fanning ever since the “Daily Show” host began hammering CNBC for its complacent Wall Street coverage, singling out embarrassing market calls by Mr. Cramer in particular."
Cohen: The inner life - International Herald Tribune
Cohen: The inner life - International Herald Tribune: "Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information"
H. L. Mencken Quotes - The Quotations Page
H. L. Mencken Quotes - The Quotations Page: "Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
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H. L. Mencken Quotes - The Quotations Page
H. L. Mencken Quotes - The Quotations Page: "A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
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Erica Wagner on why fiction tells us more about life than memoir - Times Online
Erica Wagner on why fiction tells us more about life than memoir - Times Online: "As for memoir, even Robinson Crusoe had his Friday; no man is an island, the saying goes, and writing about one's own life will always drag in the lives of other people. Not long ago, when I spoke to Doris Lessing, she told me that she would not even consider writing a third volume of memoir. To bring her own story into the present would compromise the lives of other people, people still living, people she cared for. In any case it was clear to me that she regarded her autobiographical works - however much they had been pored over by a public always eager for personal details - as having rather less value than her books of fiction.
There is an argument to be made that truth - such as it is - can only be found, not in memoir or biography, but in fiction. Fiction recreates the world not in fragments, but miraculously as a whole; you will learn more about life, your own and other people's, from Middlemarch, Madame Bovary or Moby-Dick than you are likely to from yards and yards of memoir."
There is an argument to be made that truth - such as it is - can only be found, not in memoir or biography, but in fiction. Fiction recreates the world not in fragments, but miraculously as a whole; you will learn more about life, your own and other people's, from Middlemarch, Madame Bovary or Moby-Dick than you are likely to from yards and yards of memoir."
What's On The Buffett : outlookindia.com
What's On The Buffett : outlookindia.com: "Do first-class business in a first-class way. Work hard. Be smart. Manage little,' is how Miles describes the common ground between the two.
Jain is not easily distracted by chatter about succession plans at Berkshire Hathaway. But Buffett's frequent praise for Jain only helps fuel the speculation. When asked outright at a press conference whether he intended to appoint Jain as his successor, Buffett quipped: 'I still do talk to him every day.... That's how I get smarter.'"
Jain is not easily distracted by chatter about succession plans at Berkshire Hathaway. But Buffett's frequent praise for Jain only helps fuel the speculation. When asked outright at a press conference whether he intended to appoint Jain as his successor, Buffett quipped: 'I still do talk to him every day.... That's how I get smarter.'"
What's On The Buffett : outlookindia.com
What's On The Buffett : outlookindia.com: "Ajit is a kind man, someone who you would enjoy having a cup of coffee or tea with,' he said. 'He is obviously a brilliant man, having graduated from IIT, but not all intelligent men are friendly like Mr Jain.'"
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | March 11, 2009 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | March 11, 2009 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "“I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.”
—John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960); philanthropist, businessman"
—John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960); philanthropist, businessman"
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | March 11, 2009 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | March 11, 2009 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "“I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.”
—John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960); philanthropist, businessman"
—John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960); philanthropist, businessman"
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Amazon.com: The Judas Economy: The Triumph of Capital and the Betrayal of Work: William Wolman, Anne Colamosca: Books
Amazon.com: The Judas Economy: The Triumph of Capital and the Betrayal of Work: William Wolman, Anne Colamosca: Books: "I agree with the main statement of the authors that today those who earn their living from work are coming out losers: shrinking wage growth, problematic pension and healthcare insurance coverage, decline in health and safety protection.
Keynes' ultimate nightmare has arrived: industrial capitalism has been replaced by financial capitalism.
This is reflected in corporate as well as governmental policies.
To hide actual tendencies corporate America has invented newspeak: displacement for firing or re-engineering for big lay-offs.
The workers are not only laid off, but even their Social Security System is privatized, offering huge management fees to financial institutions."
Keynes' ultimate nightmare has arrived: industrial capitalism has been replaced by financial capitalism.
This is reflected in corporate as well as governmental policies.
To hide actual tendencies corporate America has invented newspeak: displacement for firing or re-engineering for big lay-offs.
The workers are not only laid off, but even their Social Security System is privatized, offering huge management fees to financial institutions."
Greed and Need - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com
Greed and Need - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com: "All of Bill and Warren’s billions can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again, no matter how commendable the effort. The problem is not the Kens and the Bernies, but the entire schema of short term profiteering and the promulagation of geegaws and doodads to grease the merry-go-round. I for one hope all Americans keep their old cars on the road another 7 years, go nowhere except to visit family and old friends, let their clothes actually show some wear, cook a whole lot more at home, and concientiously ignor any advertising, particularly those ads they find most appealing. We can discipline ourselves, and then the money guys will have no alternative but to get with the program, or better yet, go out and earn an honest living. Invest in the things that matter, and not the things that children can be counted on to whine for.
— Acronzy"
— Acronzy"
Greed and Need - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com
Greed and Need - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com: "t won’t happen, in all likelihood, because of people like Gates, who quotes Günther Grass thusly: “The first job of a citizen is to keep your mouth open.”"
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow: Books Archives
Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow: Books Archives: "My mother used to say, “You don’t forgive to let the other person off the hook, you forgive to let yourself off the hook.” Good advice."
Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow: Books Archives
Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow: Books Archives: "Leadership sage Warren Bennis once said, “A point of view is worth 50 IQ points.” He knew That when you live by the power of your convictions you stand taller, sit straighter, and speak more confidently. You raise the level of your game. Others know you as a “force of nature” – someone who will not be deterred and who doesn’t give up.
People crave clarity … your voice rings clear when you stand for something.
People want wisdom … your mind creates meaning when you stand for something.
People gravitate toward hope … your ideas and promises hold sway when you stand for something."
People crave clarity … your voice rings clear when you stand for something.
People want wisdom … your mind creates meaning when you stand for something.
People gravitate toward hope … your ideas and promises hold sway when you stand for something."
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Living Longer - Oprah.com
Living Longer - Oprah.com: "The practice of ikigai, meaning 'sense of purpose,' is a huge part of their philosophy of life that contributes to living longer, Dr. Gupta says. 'As you get older, your sense of purpose becomes more strongly defined. You become a true elder in the community you integrate with younger people all the time.'"
Management idea: Business process re-engineering | Business process re-engineering | The Economist
Management idea: Business process re-engineering | Business process re-engineering | The Economist: "BPR’s originators, Hammer and James Champy, maintained that re-engineering had a wider significance than mere processes. It applied to all parts of an organisation, and it had a lofty purpose. “I think that this is the work of angels,” said Hammer in one of his more fanciful moments. “In a world where so many people are so deprived, it’s a sin to be so inefficient"
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Will Value Investors Win the Day? Wait Five Years and See. - WSJ.com
Will Value Investors Win the Day? Wait Five Years and See. - WSJ.com: "We may be in a similar situation today. Investors may lose a lot of money before they make more. Yet there are now a lot of genuine 'value' opportunities around. It's true they may get cheaper yet – which supports the argument for investing slowly and dollar cost averaging. But in the words of Boston fund manager Jeremy Grantham (quoted by Mr. Montier): 'If stocks look attractive and you don't buy them and they run away, you don't just look like an idiot, you are an idiot.'"
Management guru: Peter Drucker | Peter Drucker | The Economist
Management guru: Peter Drucker | Peter Drucker | The Economist: "“There are many books I could have written that are better than the ones I actually wrote. My best book would have been 'Managing Ignorance', and I’m very sorry I didn’t write it.”"
Looking on the bright side: biased attention and the human serotonin transporter gene — Proceedings B
Looking on the bright side: biased attention and the human serotonin transporter gene — Proceedings B: "Humans differ in terms of biased attention for emotional stimuli and these biases can confer differential resilience and vulnerability to emotional disorders. Selective processing of positive emotional information, for example, is associated with enhanced sociability and well-being while a bias for negative material is associated with neuroticism and anxiety. A tendency to selectively avoid negative material might also be associated with mental health and well-being. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying these cognitive phenotypes are currently unknown. Here we show for the first time that allelic variation in the promotor region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) is associated with differential biases for positive and negative affective pictures. Individuals homozygous for the long allele (LL) showed a marked bias to selectively process positive affective material alongside selective avoidance of negative affective material"
Setting a High Bar for Personal Conduct - WSJ.com
Setting a High Bar for Personal Conduct - WSJ.com: "Brain imaging studies have shown that the brain's reward centers are activated when test subjects donate money to charity. Is there a biological basis for compassion?
There's a biological basis for self-preservation. We're complicated beings. We have different mechanisms that work in different ways. We could not be here if our ancestors didn't have instincts for self-preservation, but because we're social animals, we definitely have instincts for helping others. You could wrap it all up in the broader notion of enlightened self-interest"
There's a biological basis for self-preservation. We're complicated beings. We have different mechanisms that work in different ways. We could not be here if our ancestors didn't have instincts for self-preservation, but because we're social animals, we definitely have instincts for helping others. You could wrap it all up in the broader notion of enlightened self-interest"
Setting a High Bar for Personal Conduct - WSJ.com
Setting a High Bar for Personal Conduct - WSJ.com: "You could wrap it all up in the broader notion of enlightened self-interest"
The Paradoxes of Warren Buffett the Billionare - US News and World Report
The Paradoxes of Warren Buffett the Billionare - US News and World Report: "There are a lot of Buffetisms, those aphorisms of his. Any favorites that maybe we haven't heard?
Here's one: 'Intensity is the price of excellence.' And I've also heard him say that 'cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.' Isn't that great?"
Here's one: 'Intensity is the price of excellence.' And I've also heard him say that 'cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.' Isn't that great?"
Pay Attention to What Has Your Attention | BNET
Pay Attention to What Has Your Attention | BNET: "That’s also why the GTD model is so consistently successful. As opposed to putting forward an idealized starting point where you “should” start, we suggest that you begin with where you are. Very few people, when we ask them to capture what’s on their mind, start off with, “Fulfill my destiny on the planet.” Most begin with something like “Fix printer” or “Get babysitter for the weekend.” If your destiny, or your strategic vision, or your ideal outcome for your mom’s elder-care situation is the first thing on your mind, fabulous. Grab it. If it’s not, and you really want to effectively identify and incorporate those higher-horizon commitments, you must start with what’s taking up the space in front of them. More often than not that’s 22 e-mails you’ve been avoiding, the sitter you need to arrange for your kids for tomorrow night, and buying cat food. If you don’t deal with those effectively, they will undermine your recognition of the bigger stuff or at least diminish your ability to focus on them clearly."
Pay Attention to What Has Your Attention | BNET
Pay Attention to What Has Your Attention | BNET: "That’s also why the GTD model is so consistently successful. As opposed to putting forward an idealized starting point where you “should” start, we suggest that you begin with where you are. Very few people, when we ask them to capture what’s on their mind, start off with, “Fulfill my destiny on the planet.” Most begin with something like “Fix printer” or “Get babysitter for the weekend.” If your destiny, or your strategic vision, or your ideal outcome for your mom’s elder-care situation is the first thing on your mind, fabulous. Grab it. If it’s not, and you really want to effectively identify and incorporate those higher-horizon commitments, you must start with what’s taking up the space in front of them. More often than not that’s 22 e-mails you’ve been avoiding, the sitter you need to arrange for your kids for tomorrow night, and buying cat food. If you don’t deal with those effectively, they will undermine your recognition of the bigger stuff or at least diminish your ability to focus on them clearly."
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
How Not to Succeed in Business - BusinessWeek
How Not to Succeed in Business - BusinessWeek: "The reason is simple. If you've got a manager working for you who is paralyzed by information, options, and obstacles, you can be sure his people are confused and demoralized. And the only way to break that cycle is by not tolerating leaders who obfuscate with data to avoid taking action."
Welcome To Forbes.com
Welcome To Forbes.com: "'Look for the ridiculous in everything, and you will find it.'
-Jules Renard"
-Jules Renard"
Managing Globalization » Business Blog » International Herald Tribune
Managing Globalization » Business Blog » International Herald Tribune: "A. More than anything else, I’ve noticed the classic clashes of ideologies: free-traders versus isolationists, laissez-faire adherents versus regulators, capital versus labor, etc. Regardless of what side of the fence they stood on, most commenters were able to bring reason and facts to bear in their arguments. And that’s why many different ideologies survive; there’s enough variety in the world to justify more than one point of view.
Also, it’s natural that your opinions can become influenced by where you’re sitting. I have had the luxury of sitting in several different places over the past few years, and it certainly has added some new facets to my views. I hope that the interactions on this blog have given its readers, too, some occasion to re-examine their ways of thinking."
Also, it’s natural that your opinions can become influenced by where you’re sitting. I have had the luxury of sitting in several different places over the past few years, and it certainly has added some new facets to my views. I hope that the interactions on this blog have given its readers, too, some occasion to re-examine their ways of thinking."
Managing Globalization » Business Blog » International Herald Tribune
Managing Globalization » Business Blog » International Herald Tribune: "They have some excellent people working there, but they also have a clunky bureaucracy and a good deal of dead wood."
Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard to Be Dartmouth President - NYTimes.com
Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard to Be Dartmouth President - NYTimes.com: "At some point, you have to decide whether you’re going to keep throwing your body at a problem, which is what I’ve always done,” he said. “You realize that one person can’t do that much. So what I want to do is train an army of leaders to engage with the problems of the world, who will believe the possibilities are limitless, that there’s nothing they can’t do. Being the president of an Ivy League university is an amazing opportunity"
Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard to Be Dartmouth President - NYTimes.com
Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard to Be Dartmouth President - NYTimes.com: "At some point, you have to decide whether you’re going to keep throwing your body at a problem, which is what I’ve always done,” he said. “You realize that one person can’t do that much. So what I want to do is train an army of leaders to engage with the problems of the world, who will believe the possibilities are limitless, that there’s nothing they can’t do. Being the president of an Ivy League university is an amazing opportunity"
Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard to Be Dartmouth President - NYTimes.com
Dr. Jim Yong Kim of Harvard to Be Dartmouth President - NYTimes.com: "At some point, you have to decide whether you’re going to keep throwing your body at a problem, which is what I’ve always done,” he said. “You realize that one person can’t do that much. So what I want to do is train an army of leaders to engage with the problems of the world, who will believe the possibilities are limitless, that there’s nothing they can’t do. Being the president of an Ivy League university is an amazing opportunity"
Op-Ed Contributor - Yellow Is the New Green - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - Yellow Is the New Green - NYTimes.com: "It’s been more than 100 years since Teddy Roosevelt wondered aloud whether “civilized people ought to know how to dispose of the sewage in some other way than putting it into the drinking water."
Op-Ed Contributor - Yellow Is the New Green - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - Yellow Is the New Green - NYTimes.com: "It’s been more than 100 years since Teddy Roosevelt wondered aloud whether “civilized people ought to know how to dispose of the sewage in some other way than putting it into the drinking water."
The 'Slumdog' effect: Afflict the comfortable - International Herald Tribune
The 'Slumdog' effect: Afflict the comfortable - International Herald Tribune: "Patriotism,' the comment continued, 'is not about living in an imaginary world but facing the real problems of India and doing something about it"
The 'Slumdog' effect: Afflict the comfortable - International Herald Tribune
The 'Slumdog' effect: Afflict the comfortable - International Herald Tribune: "Patriotism,' the comment continued, 'is not about living in an imaginary world but facing the real problems of India and doing something about it"
We Are What We Throw Away - The New York Times
We Are What We Throw Away - The New York Times: "Garbage doesn't lie. The evidence of junk-food wrappers, liquor bottles and girlie magazines often flies in the face of what we tell ourselves -- and what we tell others -- about what we do."
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