A How-To Book on Generating Creative Concepts and Getting To that “Aha!” Moment
One of my best friends, and certainly one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, sent me this:
Hi Craig, When we last talked, I mentioned this amazing book on strategy, Strategic Intuition, written by a professor at Columbia. He explains that all strategy methods and books are based on analyzing a strategy or implementing a strategy, but methods or books explain how to come up with the idea in the first place. He studied entrepreneurial thinkers in business and in social movements and found the answer. You will enjoy it both from a business viewpoint and from a social movement perspective. This book changed my life; I think you’ll love it too. (more…)
A reader comments on my post in which I predicted a fairly rapid adoption of EVs and a corresponding diminution of internal combustion engines: such an event requires advances in technology and infrastructure that don’t currently exist.
I sure wish there were a way to get everyone on Earth to spend the two minutes required to watch the incredibly powerful video presented below. As I wrote on Facebook to a friend who had posted it, “I’ve never received a more beautiful and important message in my entire life.”
Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead is perhaps best known for what she said about social progress: 
I’m on the receiving end of a constant barrage of press releases that boast breakthroughs in every conceivable flavor of renewable energy. And, as much as I hate to be cynical, I have to believe that most of this stuff won’t pan out, meaning that it will never become cost-effective vis-a-vis other forms of clean energy. 
I love this.
Regular commenter BreathOnTheWind sent me this piece on the 
Environmental concerns usually focus on the damage that the various chemicals and pollutants are doing to the atmosphere. The potential effect is devastating. However, there may be pollutants in your own home which can be very harmful to your health. One of the worst examples of this is when you fit a new carpet. This will typically release hundreds of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) which have been associated with a wide range of serious illnesses. Surprisingly it can take years for these VOCs to dissipate! Fortunately, there is a range of alternative flooring you can use which is environmentally friendly and human friendly. 
