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Tuesday Mar 18 2008

By Shae Hadden | Bio

With each passing day, it seems as if every environmental and social crisis we’re facing is heading into even more dangerous waters. In the conversations I’ve been having, it has been quickly apparent to me who is resigned about this state of affairs and who is engaged and in action. Although the latter group appears to me (for the moment) to be in the minority, I’m reminded of Buckminster Fuller’s concept of the ‘trimtab factor’ and of the potential influence a small group of people can have on the future…and I am inspired by their actions.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Leadership

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Trimtabs

Tuesday Oct 03 2006

I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t encounter or hear about some nasty or absurd bit of bureaucratic/governmental non-sense. With media people talking to other media people who are speculating on what might or might not be true or relevant and an ever-increasing wave of right versus left propaganda filling cyberspace, it’s just too much. And when it comes to contacting me directly, there must be more productive and satisfying avenues of expression than just passing the stuff I agree with on to ten people under the threat of having the sky fall on me. Come on—who writes and reads all this stuff anyway? I guess I do, or I wouldn’t get so annoyed at it.[Read More]

Written by Jim Selman at Personal Empowerment
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