If we want a change in culture, the work is to change the conversation.
Speculative investing in art takes the art out of art.
When art is treated as a speculative investment we all lose.
We’re social monkeys. We’ll form a community given the least excuse to do so.
Kumbaya is the future, because it’s how we’re wired. You’re on the right track when put your audience first and you spend more time listening than talking.
Tools of oppression vs. tools of liberation
Last week Austin Kleon posted a chart on his Tumblr page that he drew after reading Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Pins and Ts raise money for charities that support causes under threat by Trump.
NYC design and branding firm gets political.
Bacteria balance self and group. Why can’t we?
Individual bacterium know how to look out for themselves. But they’re always ready to rally for the common good if their colony is threatened. It’s behavior we could learn from.
Fact: older workers easily outperform the youngsters
Older workers are mentally slow, technologically backward, burned out, etc. Right? Wrong, wrong, wrong, researchers say. Hire one today, because in fact, they rock on every front.
Believe in a kid, and she’ll give the world a symphony
Favio Chavez knows that music is powerful. And that believing in people is too. He made instruments out of trash, then taught kids others had given up on how to play. Talk about community building.
Urban mental health depends on community
City dwellers are more at risk for anxiety, depression, and even full-blown schizophrenia. But brain research suggests that among the preventive measures is a good circle of friends.
