A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
—Paul Romer, Stanford economist
A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
—Paul Romer, Stanford economist
I’ll keep posting short snippets here but for the real action, you should update your bookmarks.
When I think of what I’ve lost, I ask “Who know themselves better than the blind?”—for every thought becomes a tool.
—Jorge Luis Borges
I can be me, it’s ok to be me, and I’m expected to be me. All I should be scared of is not becoming more of myself.
—My girlfriend on our relationship. Beautiful.
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
—W.E. Deming
Yesterday was my final day in KL. For now. I spent my final days there with some of the best friends I’ve ever had, and I know I will be back.
Until then I’ll be spending my time in Amsterdam, working for Executive Learning Partnership. It seems like several of my friends from South East Asia are aiming here as well, so Amsterdam really is the new KL. ;-)
And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, [people] will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding at their feet, as the world is now.
—Daniel Quinn: Ishmael
Do you know if this is the Big Mama or the Bigger Mama?
—Khalid, sorting through our WiFi stations
This blog is no longer my primary home on the web. I’ll still keep posting (fairly infrequent) updates here, but for links, pictures and all that stuff, you can check out my FriendFeed. It’s already pulling in my bookmarks from del.icio.us, pics from Flickr, books from Goodreads and blog posts from here.