Ethan has crafted a beautiful, engaging book for all who seek to transcend the cultural, political, and linguistic barriers that history has placed between us. Unfortunately, I fear that those of us who aspire to global citizenship are a small and diminishing minority. In a world where information is everywhere, …
I first began to think seriously about economic development and political institutions as a student at UCSD in 2001. I had spent the previous year visiting over thirty different countries thanks to a ridiculously cheap round-the-world ticket. ($1,800 to travel just about anywhere over the course of a year. I …
This past weekend I did something that I hadn’t done since I was in college: I read the constitution. Not just the …
Chip and Dan Heath’s Switch is propaganda manual for the social activist. If your job, like mine, is to present people with …
Ha sido difícil identificar cómo se maneja la agenda del gobierno digital. La Secretaría de Función Pública tiene su Unidad de Gobierno …
Links Two must-read posts for entrepreneurs launching for-profit “civic startups.” First, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures partner, Charlie O’Donnell describes his participation as the …
Why this explosion of English-language books about Mexico City by Americans after decades of disregard? Ironically, it has much to do with the city’s cultural and economic rise over the past five to ten years. I say ‘ironically’ because none of the three above-mentioned authors chart the city’s progress.
If you’re willing to wade through the predictable, tired applause lines of the past few years of TED talks, then Citizenville offers readers an interesting glimpse of some of the obstacles that stand in the way of bringing innovation to government.
I don’t know how else to put it. Timothy Ferris is a douche. There is, in fact, an entire genre of blog …
The Checklist Manifesto is like a modern rock album from the 1990s: it’s got two or three solid tracks, but the rest is filler to sell CDs. There’s no reason to read the book in order to be convinced of the importance of using checklists.