Archive for the ‘Found’ Category
José Saramago 1922-2010
“I don’t believe in inspiration. I don’t even know what that is. . . . The first condition for writing is sitting — then writing.”
Washington Post article
What a thing we have created.
“What a thing we have created.” Mark Morford, SF Chronicle
Gift Economy
Barry Schwartz, psychologist, Swarthmore College: “Money isn’t a natural part of anything we do. It’s not a part of practicing medicine. You know, the natural thing to practicing medicine is healing people. Getting paid for it is unnatural, similarly with law and with any profession, teaching. So, maybe what happens is that what money does is, it disconnects people from the real point and purpose of their activity.”-What Drives Motivation in the Modern Workplace, PBS Newshour, April 15, 2010 (video)
An Open Mind, April 8, 2010 Education re-imagined with online courseware (nytimes)
Gift economy (wikipedia)
