IntentBlog http://www.intentblog.com/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:18 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sufficiency and efficiency: putting need above greed The goals of sustainable development clearly cannot be reached with today's urban-industrial lifestyles. Nor can they be achieved with the existing disparities within or between countries. Sustainable development implies not only efficient and ecologically sound management of resources, but also the need to establish social equity and political empowerment.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/12/sufficiency_and.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/12/sufficiency_and.html Business & Technology Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:36:00 -0800 Building One's Nation "Go West, young man" was the slogan heard all over the eastern seaboard of the U.S. a hundred years back. The same refrain, with or without implied gender bias, is heard in many Third World countries today.

Are we to infer that history repeats itself? Or that the India or Ghana or Philippines of today resemble the America of the last century? Not at all.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/10/building_ones_n.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/10/building_ones_n.html General Discussion Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:11:00 -0800 Excellence and Relevance, Part II This is such a rich and rewarding conversation, that I am only able to touch a few snippets of it. I am very grateful to Kails, K, Peter Pan and others for reminding me that I do tend to go on a bit, pontificating about what needs to be done to make the world a better place for all rather than getting on with the job of just doing it.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/10/excellence_and_1.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/10/excellence_and_1.html General Discussion Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:16:00 -0800 Excellence and relevance: Building With Hands, Mind And Heart At no time in history has there been a need for radical change as great as that of today.

]]> http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/10/excellence_and.html http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/10/excellence_and.html General Discussion Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:48:00 -0800