Posted in Random Thoughts on September 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I enjoy this paper from a Stanford house mate of twenty-odd years ago.
Beyond Capitalism: Leland Stanford’s Forgotten Vision
Barbara
Posted in Random Thoughts on August 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m back in the corporate world for a stint. Happily, I will be working under some of my ideal conditions: from home, over email; interfacing primarily with a single person, who himself is a member of a small team; writing material for an educated business audience — marketing stuff, but at a level I can [...]
Posted in Essays, Random Thoughts on August 1, 2007 | No Comments »
A few months ago on a melancholic evening, I typed “I miss Jerry” into Google and came upon this post on a blog called Viki Babbles. It captured much of the sentiment I was feeling at the moment when I did the search. In the current episode of the lifework crisis that never ends, I’m [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts on June 14, 2007 | No Comments »
Good organization: an abstract structure for concentrating resources, systems, and power and joining together individuals rooted in their consciences, intelligence, and knowledge in service of collective goals
Evil organization: an abstract structure for concentrating resources, systems, and power and employing the energies of individuals unhinged from their consciences, intelligence, and knowledge in service of the (sometimes unspoken) [...]
Posted in People, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized on May 9, 2007 | No Comments »
As someone who grew up watching a lot of TV, I am always intrigued to discover the perspectives of early TV stars who grew up without it. I love their sense of wonder about something that is for me so mundane. It is corny and sweet, but I am touched by it. From the personal [...]
