Wealth & Politics Panel: Gregg EasterbrookHazel Henderson *   Milton Friedman (who just passed away recently) was the first to hold the notion that standard measurements of economics only tell half the story.*   Hazel Henderson grew up in patriarchal society (Britain) and realized that her mother was producing the basic fabric of wealth– but was not [...]

Information Panel: Jimmy Wales, wikipediaAmy Czerwinski, Microsoft *   Amy referenced attention economy (buzzword alert *   Microsoft is doing research about user interruption– When is the best time to interrupt someone to alert them about something?  (an email, an impending task, etc)*   Don Norman:  recognized that interruption during a task is worse than an interruption later.*   [...]

Energy Discussion:Gunther Pauli & Reginald Modlin *   The first person to write about “healthy cities” was Leonardo Da Vinci*   Da Vinci talked a lot about “flow”.   He saw the importance of flow in cities, the flows of people, and even the flow of joy in the body.   Leonardo was also known for the integration of [...]

Massive Change Global Visionaries Symposium Originally uploaded by quami77. This weekend, I skipped the Michigan-Ohio State football game to go to the Global Visionaries Symposium put together by the MCA and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change campaign/exhibit.   It was well worth it. I’ll be posting notes from the conference over the next few days. Squatter citiesStewart [...]