This Tuesday night, 7/5 at the Windup Space, we’ll be holding a focus group of people who have become interested in WhoWeAm. The event is part of the D:Center’s monthly Design Conversations series. We’ll be showing a few short films and getting peoples thoughts and feedback about WhoWeAm: what it’s saying, where it’s going, and [...]
Tags: art, culture, issues, philosophy, science, values, whoweam, wisdom
The current passivity of Democrats in the Senate is instructive. Even though the vast majority of Americans support raising taxes on those making over a quarter of a million dollars a year Senate leaders are convinced they won’t lose their seats if they don’t respond to majority opinion, and they may be right. The majority [...]
Tags: culture, economics, philosophy, Politics, values, whoweam
Why aren’t they looting in Japan? Surely, under those circumstances citizens are owed whatever they can grab. Who are they kidding? Who could blame them? You’d be a fool not to. If you don’t someone else will. At times like these, it’s every man—now person, for his or herself. But somehow, they don’t.
Tags: behavior, culture, philosophy, values, wisdom
I’ve been thinking about winners and losers lately. Have you noticed that political contests on the US seem to be more about who’s winning and who’s losing—who’s scoring points, rather than developing support for ideas and leadership? Duh. Okay, less obvious: I’m wondering if one of the reasons many in the US seem unmoved by [...]
Tags: behavior, culture, philosophy, Politics, values, whoweam
The Your Input page of WhoWeAm gives you a place to upload images of things you might see everyday in the US, that make a person want to ask: what kind of culture would produce such a thing? Why is it so important to understand our culture? Because if you are interested in social change—in [...]
Yesterday, I heard columnist David Brooks of the New York Times talking about his new book, The Social Animal. He says his whole perspective as a journalist has changed. He now sees the policymaking—the human decision-making he’s been covering for decades very differently than he did before.
Tags: behavior, culture, issues, philosophy, Politics, whoweam, wisdom
So, over the past month I’ve been asked to participate in discussions about creativity and innovation. Arts educators, those involved in interdisciplinary programs and even in high-level art/science think tanks, are exploring creativity and how to teach it, and they are looking at all the ways art and science can come together. They are working [...]
I don’t know about you, but it takes me a month to get past the holidays. For me, the holidays are mostly about spending time with family and friends. So what’s all the rest of the fanfare for? The ironic fact that culture doesn’t really matter in our culture is unfortunate because for us, as [...]
Tags: art, christmas, culture, holidays, philosophy, ritual, values, whoweam, wisdom
After too long a hiatus during which I’ve been working on a longer post—coming very soon(!) here’s an observation about the way we do information around here in the culture of ours. I’m asking a question. Tell me what you think… …more soon—I promise.
Tags: behavior, culture, information
