Issue 16 Wisdom – Sublime

Island Man

Hanspeter Kuenzler — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:50:21 +0000

Chris Blackwell founded Island Records 50 years ago exactly. Blackwell, whose family owned a large sugar and rum export company in Jamaica, dropped out of Harrow School, London when he was 17. He immersed himself in the musical culture of the West Indies and New York, where he befriended Miles Davis and other jazz musicians....

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The BLDGBLOG Book

laurasan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In his brilliantly executed blog BLDGBLOG, begun in 2004 and read by millions, Geoff Manaugh decided to write only about the things that invigorated him: archaeology, astronomy, underground cities, J. G. Ballard and H. G. Wells, William Blake and James Bond, Celtic burial mounds, Mars, climate change, future landscapes, weather, Homer, sound, among others – relating...

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Think! Before It’s Too Late

Laura Santamaria — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We may have landed men on the moon, can fly faster than the speed of sound and transplant a human heart, but can we effectively rise to the challenge of issues such as climate change or conflict? Edward de Bono, Professor of Thinking at five different universities, argues that to do so we need to...

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Drawing The Line

Jeremy Leggett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Given that so many of our political leaders have been caught with their fingers in the petty cash, now would be a useful time for some prudent action by business leaders. A naive thought, perhaps, given the number of business leaders caught with their fingers in more than the petty cash in recent years. But in these labile times, wise corporate voices are vital if we are to achieve the necessary and related tasks of re-engineering capitalism and arresting the slide towards ecological catastrophe.

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Don’t Be Stupid

Wayne Hemingway — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Wisdom remains an untainted badge of honour. Wisdom, a human trait that is respected and looked up to and often associated with Eastern gurus and mystics. But the dictionary descriptions of wisdom are rooted in something much more attainable and everyday: accumulated knowledge; the trait of utilising knowledge and experience with common sense and insight;...

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Yes, Minister

laurasan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

What do Britain’s legions of civil servants do, all 520,000 of them? Ostensibly they steer the public services delivery boat, furiously rowed by the leviathan public sector, which at 42% of GDP and climbing, is by far the biggest area of our economy. This is a delivery job par excellence but, for some senior civil...

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Trust Your Instincts

Tom Savage — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

In a world shamelessly obsessed with economic value, the reasons for protecting the environment still make economic sense. When you factor in the value-added services, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide, it is calculated that we lose $2 to $5 trillion annually through forest loss. And that’s just forests. Then there’s climate...

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Wise Up

laurasan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

In his inaugural address, Barack Obama appealed to each of us to give our best as we try to extricate ourselves from the current financial crisis. But what exactly did he appeal to? Barry Schwartz, Emeritus Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College, explains.

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A Grand New Episode

laurasan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Sublime: David, your name is associated with actors Sir Ian McKellen and John Thaw, and you have a BAFTA. How did you get into film? David Lascelles: Back in 1969 there was no such thing as a media studies course, so I was pretty much self-taught. I studied drama at Bristol University for a while...

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