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  1. I love that transforming moment in group dialogue when some unexamined assumption is finally brought into the open.
  2. Recalling a line from Lao Tsu: The master does nothing, yet nothing is left undone; the unwise are always doing, yet much remains to be done
  3. BusinessWeek looks at the promises and pitfalls of social networking, likening many consultants to snake-oil salesmen: http://sn.im/tkqze
  4. Twitter has made me more concise/precise and, more importantly, revived my love of poetry! Who would have thought! (via @jeffreyjones)
  5. "The art of being wise," said William James, "is the art of knowing what to overlook."
  6. David Brooks latest op-ed describes the Obama administration as "a learning organization" and "a government by symposium" http://sn.im/tke5v
  7. A friend tells me Facebook and Twitter give him the sinking feeling he's "watching humanity collectively commit intellectual suicide."
  8. John Brockman's new book—out this month—tackles breakthrough ideas like cosmetic brain surgery and the end of forgetting http://sn.im/tk4cc
  9. A giant of British journalism recalls when journalism was still a high calling and people paid for independent reporting: http://sn.im/tjv7w
  10. Content and context are two sides of the same coin. Content makes no sense unless it's embedded in a meaningful context. Seems basic, but...
  11. So many blogs and news sites push content without any effort to establish a meaningful context for what they have to say.
  12. A critic called my work Disneyesque, saying it reeked of sentimentality. I hate sentimentality. But... I also hate work devoid of sentiment.
  13. Photographer Cristina Garcia Rodero covered the Burning Man festival for six years. A showcase of her remarkable work: http://sn.im/tjjsq
  14. The news business knows how to report on issues, incidents and individuals, says Amy Goodman. But it has no idea how to cover movements.
  15. The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become — Charles DuBois http://sn.im/tjc12
  16. Filmmaker @JasonReitman says aisle-people are egocentric and controlling and window-people are selfless. http://sn.im/tj1x7
  17. A new study shows that loneliness is contagious: lonely people withdraw into small groups which compound their isolation http://sn.im/tiwg0
  18. Twitter is a strange universe: the fascinating inner lives of ordinary people juxtaposed with the weird and banal obsessions of the famous.
  19. Play what you want and let the public pick up on what you're doing, even if it does take them 15 to 20 years. — Thelonious Monk (via @eve11)
  20. ScienceDaily cites evidence that psychological therapy is 32 times more cost effective at promoting happiness than money. http://sn.im/tifz0