Margaret J. Wheatley We live in uncertain times. In June, 2002, the Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation, spoke on prospects for the second half of the year. His comments […]
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Synergic Containment: Protecting Children
This is the second article in the SafeEARTH Series. This morning, I continue with a series of articles on a new mechanism for the synergic containment of adversary events. This new […]
Continue readingRelying on Human Goodness
Margaret J. Wheatley We have a great need to rely on the fact of human goodness. Human goodness seems like an outrageous “fact.” Everyday we are confronted with mounting evidence […]
Continue readingWhat Hitler Didn’t Know
Sunday, I explained that the cause of all mistakes is ignorance. Therefore, the only proper response to mistakes is: 1) analysis to determine what wasn’t known and who didn’t know it, […]
Continue readingBeyond Crime and Punishment
This is the first article in the SafeEARTH Series. In our present world, it is widely believed that mistakes are the result of badness. So when mistakes occur, we investigate, […]
Continue readingWelcome to America
Timothy Wilken I find myself frustrated with those immigrants who desire the benefits of living in America, but are unwilling to bother learning our language. If learning English is a […]
Continue readingThe Paradox of the Modern World
This morning, I post the first part of yesterday’s speech by United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Tony Blair to the Labour Parliament. I have added the bolding to the text. Tony Blair […]
Continue readingJourney to a New America
Reposted from YES! Magazine. Who are We the people at a time when democracy is under assault? How can all Americans, of all races, help build a country that “has […]
Continue readingThoughts on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Albert Schweitzer At the time of his death Goethe was famous, but not known. His own people had little comprehension of his work. Abroad he was admired in certain quarters […]
Continue readingOf Land and Hope
Reposted from YES! Magazine. Getting land for a quarter million of Brazil’s poorest people was the first task of the Landless Workers Movement. Now comes the question of building a […]
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