7 Essential Books on Optimism

Brain Pickings

& The Positive Power of Negative Thinking

How To Digitize Slides?

http://www.forums.caves.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9756

Are We A Democracy?

US governance analysed through the lens of Plato’s 5 types of government:

aristocracy (rule by the “best”, that is, by experts specially trained at governance),

timarchy (rule by those guided by their courage and sense of honor),

oligarchy (rule by a wealthy minority),

democracy (rule by the people as a whole—a “mob” as Plato saw it), and

tyranny (rule by a despot answerable to no one but himself).

Great By Choice: Uncertainty Chaos and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

Latest book by Jim Collins

Interviewed by Charlie Rose

Mozzarella As Medium & Muse

An inspiring tale of bread, cheese and losing money

It’s All Connected

A revealing graphic overview of the Euro crisis

Mastering the Machine: How Ray Dalio Built the World’s Richest and Strangest Hedge Fund

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/25/110725fa_fact_cassidy?currentPage=all

Transitioning to Sustainability

http://scrapbookofaclimatehawk.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/impressions-from-the-20th-anniversary-conference-of-the-wuppertal-institute/

Something’s Happening Here

Tom Friedman column

Paul Gilding’s “The Great Disruption” – pessimist

John Hagel III and John Seely Brown “The Power of Pull” – optimist “The Big Shift”

Italy Goes elBulli!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/what-if-the-secret-to-success-is-failure.html?scp=1&sq=Failing%20to%20learn&st=cse