I heard from Carlos Slim speech in the Mexican congress. But I didn't paid attention to it until my friend Julia Menendez sent me an email urging me to read it and to read Denise Dresser comments on it. Take a look, it open a valuable perspective.
I'm starting a wiki to share readings and conversations on relevant trends shaping our business, social and natural environments. If you are interested in participating, let me know.
I suggest you to pay attention to this discourse. Not because of his political values, or because his "charismatic" style. I found this speech remarkable and I'm not fully aware why. It has something to do with bringing the attention of the emerging collective to its own constitution, its vitality, its singularity.
Take a look at this interesting conversation between Lawrence Lessig and Brett Cottle at this year's Copyright Summit in Brussels.
Lessig gives an excellent speech at this year's iSummit in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
I found an interesting video about how listening shows up in the world of musicians. Evelyn Glennie shows her experiences and reflections.
Interesting conversation about taking care of communal activities in remote spots...It is a type of issue that can be transposed to many domains. Take a look.
This YouTube video is an example of what Lessig calls active involvement in shaping our digital world. Take a look.
Check out this post about Dan Gilbert, a professor of Psychology at Harvard. Steve's post contains a link to a video of the professor illustrating how human beings are poor predictors of their own happiness. Also, take some time to explore the TED website. There are some very interesting conversations happening in this group.
