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What they all do share, as our organizational development consultant noted, is a passion for something outside themselves, whether for surfing or opera, climbing or gardening, skiing or community activism.
Naomi Klein • Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
In 2013 Rick Falkvinge, the Pirates founder, released his book Swarmwise: the Tactical Manual to Changing the World (for free, via a Creative Commons license, part of the Open Source movement), which immediately acquired cult status among the ‘digerati’ of Europe.
Brian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
The company solidified its control by amassing the Great White Fleet, the ships that ruled the Caribbean. Within a decade, the fleet—each vessel painted white to reflect the tropical sun—was carrying not just bananas but also the mail and cargo of Central America. In the case of a strike or disagreement, the company could simply shut down the comme
... See moreRich Cohen • The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
The latest story concerned Hemingway’s knocking a man down for calling him a big fat slob. “You can call me a slob,” Hemingway had said, “but you can’t call me a big fat slob.” Then he struck him down. The natives of Bimini set the incident to music, and if they were sure Hemingway was not within earshot, they would sing in a calypso beat, “The big
... See moreA. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
The ability to write fluently in the language of the occupying power seems to contradict an Indigenous author’s membership in a community that is not supposed to be able to write about itself at all.
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Our charter is to inspire and educate rather than to promote. We would rather earn credibility than buy it. The best resources for us are the word-of-mouth recommendation from a friend or favorable comments in the press. We advertise only as a last resort and usually in sport- specific magazines.
Naomi Klein • Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
Her crew consisted of six men whose faces were black with caked soot and half-hidden by matted beards, whose bodies were dead white from constant soaking in salt water. In addition, their faces, and particularly their fingers were marked with ugly round patches of missing skin where frostbites had eaten into their flesh. Their legs from the knees d
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