Action Figure Daniel

Category: Reading

  • “The Prize” by Daniel Yergin

    • Philanthropy is by nature undemocratic
    • Private funds do not need public disclosure

  • “Reimagining Design” by Kevin G Bethune

    • Interdisciplinary is hard
    • We cannot innovate at gunpoint
    • Values migrate over time

  • “Endless Forms” by Seirian Summer

    • Bees are wasps that went vegetarian
    • Ants are wasps that lost their wings
    • Wasps are highly social
    • Wasps can distinguish nest mates
    • Social wasps are not very faithful,
    • Honeybee queens can live up to 20 years
    • Wasp nests are only used once
    • Wasps tend to go after whatever insects are the most abundant at the time
    • Cross pollinated cotton grows better
    • Cotton flowers are only viable for several hours

  • “The Lion and the Fox” by Alexander Rose

    • By international law, declarations of blockades have to be effectively enforceable to be in effect
    • Luxury items were more profitable than arms purchases
    • “Cotton is King” made people feel confident that a blockade on the South would not persist
    • “Where the lion’s skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox’s”
      • (Where might cannot win, one must use cunning)

  • “Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach

    • We all crave acceptance and feel guilty for doing so
    • We spend our whole lives to become worthy to reenter the “garden”
    • We project unworthiness outward, creating “enemies” so we can fight
    • We cannot accept something until we know what we are accepting
    • “Radical” is Latin for “getting to the root”
    • “What inside you most needs attention?”
    • Invite the terrors to tea, you will be surprised by the experience
    • Widen your attention with to see your fears
    • Take time to see the people; connect with them
    • Ask, “What is really asking for attention?”
    • We are first in relationships, then we are healed in relationships