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Alexander von Humboldt and the Invention of Nature: How One of the Last True Polymaths Pioneered the Cosmos of Connections

Alexander von Humboldt themarginalian.org

I once asked a tech CEO how he hires people. He told me that after each interview, he asks himself, “Is this person a force of nature? Do they have spark, willpower, dedication?” A successful meritocracy will value people who see their lives as a sacred mission

David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America

“The beauty and variety of the natural world are merely the visible legacies of endless war.”

Elizabeth Gilbert • The Signature of All Things: A Novel

So when someone declares that we can reshape our understanding of excellence and achievement around strange new principles appointing human beings as the center of our social universe, it’s understandably difficult to swallow.

Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment

foregrounding the people-centered work of building community, growing empathy and understanding, celebrating human creativity, and cultivating engaged citizenship?

Mike Murawski • Museums as Agents of Change: A Guide to Becoming a Changemaker (American Alliance of Museums)

“Survival of the friendliest,” as one observer calls it, rescripting the story of human evolution, shining a light on how our development as a species has relied on prosocial actions and decisions for the collective good.

Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)

Hollis Robbins: Most people focus on the vast reserves of content now available online, but few people ask: “Is this a good teacher?”

future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future

Wheatley has continued developing her thinking on how transformation happens, how communities learn and evolve.

adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Moreover, our culture of specialization conflicts with something most of us intuitively recognize, but which career advisers are only beginning to understand: we each have multiple selves. … We have complex, multi-faceted experiences, interests, values and talents, which might mean that we could also find fulfillment as a web designer, or a communi... See more