It is human priorities that should be driving Smart City initiatives, like the ones in Toronto profiled here last week. Last week’s post also focused on a pioneering spirit in Toronto that many American cities and towns seem to have lost. While we … [Continue reading]
When people decide what is most important to them—and bother to champion it in conversation, in voting, in how they act everyday—they are helping to build the future.It’s not just making noise, but that’s part of it. For years, when Emily was in … [Continue reading]
As a challenging future rushes towards us, I often wonder whether our democratic values will continue to provide a sound enough foundation for our lives and work. In many ways, this “white-water world” is already here. As framed by John Seely Brown … [Continue reading]
When travelers visited indigenous people in remote places, they often had problems when they took out their cameras and wanted to take some pictures. The locals frequently turned away, in what was later explained as a fear of having their souls … [Continue reading]
The Sacklers are best known as patrons of the arts, including the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum in New York with its Temple of Dendur, and the Sackler Gallery, the national museum of Asian art at the Smithsonian. Over the years, the … [Continue reading]
