This is the 2nd part of a commencement speech that Bill Gates gave at Harvard. How can MILLIONS of children die of preventable diseases today without anyone doing anything about it? Why this requires “creative capitalism.”
Part 3 talks about complexity and why people don’t act. Worth taking a look.
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my first camera was going to be re-issued as a cult classic a la Holga. Well, over the past while, my father has been busy scanning in old photos of my family. When I flipped through the pictures, guess what I found? Photos of me and the “Diana” camera.
I’m THRILLED to have these snapshot. They bring back such fond memories. Take a look. This is how the whole photography bug started. 
I’ve always wondered how much street performers make. The Kid did a nice show dancing around in SoHo when we were in NYC late last year. After reading this story, it seems like it isn’t such a bad career choice!
I caught this on the Music Nation site earlier but forgot until Guy Kawasaki posted it on Truemors today.
“It’s hard enough standing on stage, pouring your heart out in front of a sea of strange faces. Try doing it while that sea is floating by (ie, on a street-corner). It takes guts, it takes balls, but, apparently, it also pays off. We checked in with a few of the metropolitan-maestros within walking distance of our office to get their stats. Consider the following as inspiration to get up, get out and do something. Sure, a gig at Madison Square Garden can buy you a mansion, but playing Union Square Station pays pretty good too.”
Strange but true. The Naked Cowboy probably makes more money than you!
Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our drive to overprotect our children — and spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do.
Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer. This is pretty much in line with my thinking about childrearing. My wife is in the “let’s protect the child from everything possible” camp, so we have some clashes over this.
Despite the provocative title of the talk, the things he mentions are not really that dangerous. It is more about about allowing a child to have a direct empirical understanding of the way the physical world works in a controlled environment. I attribute much of who I am and the way I feel about the world to growing up doing “dangerous” things.
What do you think?
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