Business school humbled me from before I started my first classes there. I came in thinking, “I have a PhD in physics, so all the math will be easy, and I ran a company, so I know all the business. I’ll have fun for a couple years and earn a degree that will be my passport to success.” On the contrary, I found finance and accounting not about math, but[…] Keep reading →

  My conversation with Rob is about joy, responsibility, community and values that you undoubtedly share. Rob Greenfield used to live like an average American. He saw the environmental problems we all see on the headlines but we all dismiss but then he decided he could no longer abdicate the responsibility of how he affected others or our world. I consider him a role model. Nearly everyone I talked to[…] Keep reading →

Nikole Beckwith is a celebrated director of playwright and more in Hollywood, on Broadway. Her movie Stockholm, Pennsylvania premiered at Sundance in which she directed Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan as well as Cynthia Nixon of Sex and The City fame who had just done well running for governor of New York, and of course that one movie is just the tip of the iceberg. I approached Nikole not because[…] Keep reading →

While Nikole’s being a celebrated director and writer is a great reason to feature her and listen to her, I approached her because she graduated from Sudbury Valley School. I hope you’ve heard of Sudbury. If not, it’s likely a different school than any you’ve heard of. Learning about in inspired me to learn as much as I could about it. Here are many of the links I read on[…] Keep reading →

While Nikole’s being a celebrated director and writer is a great reason to feature her and listen to her, I approached her because she graduated from Sudbury Valley School. I hope you’ve heard of Sudbury. If not, it’s likely a different school than any you’ve heard of. Learning about in inspired me to learn as much as I could about it. Here are many of the links I read on[…] Keep reading →

In the interfaith Sam Harris says, “We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That’s it. Conversation and violence.” I like Sam’s podcast a lot. I listen to most episodes. I’ve read several of his books. I support his podcast with cash. I will see him in person this week for the first time at the Beacon Theater in[…] Keep reading →

Today I’m going to talk about a dramatic proposal I see as a clear winner for the United States and for that matter the world. But let’s start with the United States aspect first. It’s a big idea, it’s a bold idea but everyone benefits from it. Its challenges aren’t if it would work or not but [unintelligible] support in implementation. But once started I see it as sustaining itself[…] Keep reading →