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You are brilliant. The earth is hiring

inezaponte — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:22:17 +0000

This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air, don't let the earth get overcrowded, and don't touch the thermostat have been broken. Buckminster Fuller said that spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per hour, with no need for seatbelts, lots of room in coach, and really good food—but all that is changing.

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Alone in a sea of marshmallows

inezaponte — Tue, 17 May 2022 15:31:04 +0000

Understanding and challenging the attention economy In a letter to Joë Bousquet, the French philosopher Simone Weil wrote, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”. At…

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Would you rather…?

inezaponte — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:19:15 +0000

Another day, another climate talk – Part 2 It’s 3.45 in the morning and I’m awake. Outside I can hear the rain, the incessant rain. Was it the…

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From Dismal Science to Language of Beauty

inezaponte — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:47:47 +0000

Towards a New Story of Economics Humans are storytelling beings. In fact one could argue that it is impossible to make sense of the world without story. Storytelling…

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Bridging the divide

inezaponte — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:14:45 +0000

“We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently. My goal is to create a therapy of ideas, to try…

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