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Why we must relearn the art of dialogue
Isn’t it strange that we’ve come to a point in time where people are more comfortable being talked at through a screen rather than face-to-face? Fred Dust, the director of design firm Ideo, thinks so. He believes we’ve lost our ability to communicate and listen to each other, which is why Read More...
Four projects that are trying to make the sharing economy work better for people
While the sharing economy promises much flexibility to workers in the future, it also comes with disadvantages. One such disadvantage, researchers say, is that it could make it even more challenging for people to make enough money to pay the bills. To help the sharing economy work better for Read More...
The return of direct democracy: This politician will give his seat to an app
Modern technology makes it possible to re-create the direct democracy as it was invented in ancient Greece. All Greek citizens, with the noteworthy exception of women and slaves, participated in day to day decision making about their society. The Greek model is a far cry from today's democracy Read More...
The Dalai Lama: ‘America first, that does not sound very nice’
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual head of the Tibetan nation and he carefully avoids political debates. But he does remind his worldwide audience of the values that have created civilization as we know it. At a press conference, in response to a question the Dalai Lama praised the United States: Read More...
Macron and Merkel have an opportunity to stabilize Europe
The results of the recent elections in Germany and France meant that Europe avoided a populist outcome that may well have ushered the end of Europe as we know it. Now, with Eurozone unemployment dropping to its lowest rate in nine years and the number of refugee arrivals dramatically decreasing, Read More...
Black Lives Matter founder, Soros-funded activist aim: no new jails in LA
A co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and an activist funded by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations are leading a new coalition formed to stop Los Angeles County from spending billions of dollars on two new jails. As politicians finalized the upcoming budget on Tuesday morning, Read More...
Sicily welcomes refugees and invites them to show their culture and art
The Italian island of Sicily has been receiving a lot of refugees in recent years. Sometimes as many as 2,000 per day. The refugee-flood has caused a major challenge for the Sicilian society. However, some Sicilians are also seeing an opportunity and they are hosting “festivals of hospitality” Read More...
How universal basic income could transform capitalism
It has been said that it's easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. That might have been true a decade ago, but today, the end of capitalism is becoming more and more plausible — at times it feels Read More...
Barack Obama: This is the best time ever to be alive
Yesterday, we presented Bill Gates’ optimism about the state of the world. Barack Obama was one of the guests at Bill and Melinda Gates’ Goalkeepers event this week in New York. Obama echoed the same optimism in his talk: “If you had to choose one moment in history in which to be born, and Read More...
The end of capitalism is already starting—if you know where to look
One of America’s foremost Marxist economists has never felt so optimistic in his 50-year career. Why? Because he sees that while capitalism continues to trek forward, smaller waves and shifts in the economy are signaling that a transition to a new economic structure could be near. Here’s where Read More...