-- From TED Blog
http://blog.ted.com/ted-community-news-2-19-15/
The link between corruption and poverty. Many countries have high levels of corruption. But does corruption correlate with economic development? In an article in this month’s MIT Technology Review, economists Michal Paulus and Ladislav Kristoufek take a look at data collected by Peter Eigen’s organization Transparency International. They conclude that, “The ranking of countries according to their corruption perfectly copies the ranking according to the economic performance measured by the gross domestic product per capita.” This brings them a step closer to understanding a thorny paradox: does corruption cause poverty or does poverty cause corruption? (Watch Peter’s TED Talk, “How to expose the corrupt.”)
-- From TED Blog http://blog.ted.com/ted-community-news-2-19-15/
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Super rich guy is trying to make capitalists more ethical. Great initiative, but doesn't seem likely to work. Like, seriously. They are going to survey people to see if they think companies are doing a good job and then post the results annually, ... hun? Am I reading their website correctly? Looks about as effective as Ian Somerhalder letting people know that they can vote with their dollars, and rather than giving them advice as to what to buy or not buy, simply asking them if they will tell their friends this amazing revelation. Both ideas and initiatives seem to be backed by some big shots, and they seem to have identified the key to success, but seriously, why aren't they providing any assistance to people in terms of what to buy or not buy? Why are they just asking people on the street for their opinions? Why!? (Please realize that I am posting this video because it is unbelievably pointless and frustrating, not because I think it is of any value. The value here is that it will hopefully make you angry enough to try to do something useful.) “We are social animals. Others’ suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.” --Dalai Lama
“We have ripped the humanity out of our companies…. It’s threatening the very underpinnings of our society.” — Paul Tudor Jones “Our prosperity is no longer prosperity as long as it is pinned to other people’s pain.” --Noy Thrupkaew “For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can’t we convert our anger for the larger good of society?” --Kailash Satyarthi “It is science that built our modern life, and it is science you would need to build again from scratch.” --Lewis Dartnell “By segregating art from science, physics from music, biology from architecture, we are seriously inhibiting the alchemy of wonder and invention.” --Dustin Yellin “If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.” --Dame Ellen MacArthur And one more time for this one ... “We are social animals. Others’ suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.” --Dalai Lama http://blog.ted.com/the-ted2015-conference-in-30-quotes/ This is the goal of what I want to do and I didn't even know it. The employment agency idea is to do what Linda Hill is describing the leaders role to be. To manage for collective creativity. To "create the space where people are willing and able to share and combine their talents and passions." Such a good talk! Just watched a TED talk on Ebola and it struck me that inequality is like Ebola, it's obviously not the same, but I think it would be helpful to frame the extreme cases of it like this. Ebola gets people's attention, it gets them worried, and it is easy to understand the need to wipe it out. It's not really something you can ignore and hope it stays contained. Inequality seems like something that the people with money don't have to worry about, but I think there is a certain tipping point at which time everyone needs to worry.
One Rich guy warns other rich guys that the pitchforks are coming, but I don't think that is what will happen, or at least that's not what they should be worried about. I'm in Canada, I've spent some time in South America, and the US. The shocking thing in South America is the level of security needed. Every house had an 8' high fence around it, every store had a guard with a shotgun in it. I just thought this was because people down there stole more, but now I don't think that's the problem. It's not a culture of thieves, it's communities of people stealing to live because they have no better options. I think a lot about happiness and conflict, and Canada is constantly compared to the US, and I was wondering why American's seem more cutthroat than Canadians, and I think it could be our free health care. It's not just free health care, it's peace of mind, it's knowing that you aren't likely to go bankrupt by illness. I couldn't imagine the toll it must take on people to worry about being able to pay for health care or the ability to take care of your family. So to get back to my point, issues like inequality may not look like they impact the ones on the wealthy side, but it does. It impacts your ability to feel safe, to enjoy your wealth. And I don't think pitchforks will be coming, I think it will be more like hacked emails or weaponized drones or weaponized autonomous cars. Attacks are probably going to go virtual, and if not virtual they could send in robots. You might not think the resourceless can do this, but you should see the TED talks about the kids in India that learned how to hack computers with operating systems in languages they don't even speak, simply by trial and error. Think about it, and think about what else should be thought of like Ebola so that we wipe out the extreme cases before it's too late. http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_humanity_vs_ebola_the_winning_strategies_in_a_terrifying_war There are too many to put here, I'll just do links.
Maps App that navigates the nicer route http://www.ted.com/talks/daniele_quercia_happy_maps Such an amazing person, and such amazing insight. She is trying to right an obvious wrong, but it is a cultural thing, so instead of getting frustrated she works with the culture within their rules to change it with them. So amazing http://www.ted.com/talks/khalida_brohi_how_i_work_to_protect_women_from_honor_killings Childhood trauma is worse that you thought, it impacts the child's health for life. So important, everyone needs to know this! http://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime Mental Hygiene - The terrible effects of ruminating, and the need/way to stop. Another must know! http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_winch_the_case_for_emotional_hygiene OMG, this guy is my hero. I need to know more about this guy, and be more like this guy. http://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a_company_a_school_a_life Altruism http://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide |
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