This post is my call to action for anyone and everyone to donate to the most worthy cause I can think of: Green Bronx Machine’s Indiegogo fundraiser. For two weeks I have been spamming all of my friends on Facebook and in person about an Indiegogo campaign organized by The Green Bronx Machine (GBM). I … More I’m Asking For Your Donations; But First, An Explanation
Part 2 of a 2 part series in which I explore how my views have changed on how an individual can create a positive social impact in society. See part 1 on how corporations can be a tool for social change. So I have already argued that large corporations are a great place for making … More Why My Views On Social Enterprises Are Shifting – Pt. 2
Over the past three years I have been fully committed to the Social Entrepreneurship movement, attending conferences, mentoring college Freshmen and even attempting my own social venture, but recently I have become disillusioned with the lack of progress in the industry. B-Corps and startups are sexy, but large corporations are powerful. … More Why My Views On Social Enterprises Are Shifting – Pt. 1
I am more confident than most that the arrestingly beautiful country that sits at the head of the United Kingdom will vote with their heads and reject independence next week; however, the current levels of animosity and cynicism to the notion of a prosperous union of four great peoples leaves me wondering if our proud … More And I Would Walk 500 Miles… To Save The United Kingdom
I love Dropbox. I have loved Dropbox since I signed up in 2009. In fact I loved it so much in 2009 that I invited my entire 2,000+ contact list to sign up, and have been reaping the 250MB and 500MB referral rewards ever since. I love the story of Dropbox’s beginnings, I love its … More Dropbox Is Pursuing The Wrong Business Model
Having been awoken at 5am in order to nurse my “Beijing cough”, I think now is as good a time as any to reflect on my whirlwind visit to China, a 9 day tour which allowed us just a glimpse into China’s extraordinary development, and a taste (literally) of what makes China so different from … More Beijing: The Good, The Bad and The Smoggy
Charities are essential for addressing the needs of those not served under a free market, but they just don’t give me the bang for the buck I am looking for as a student trying to make the biggest impact in the world on a student budget. I don’t know about you, but I want to … More Why I Don’t Donate To Charity… Yet
I am one of the world’s biggest proponents of the power of technology to change the world for the better. Lately, however, I have been troubled by the alarming notion that technology in our modern day lives has focused too much on providing gratification-on-demand, removing some of the wonder of the world and in the … More Is 21st Century Technology Diminishing Our Human Experience?
Last week it was announced by the Center for Disease Control that obesity rates for toddlers had plummeted by 43% in a decade, and while the obesity epidemic is still a serious, serious problem, the scale of which was starkly outlined in an Economist Special Report last year, it appears that we may have turned a … More Daily Ramble: The system that reduced obesity in toddlers by 43% should now be applied to Global Warming
I recently made the daunting switch from iPhone to Android with my purchase of the Nexus 5 three weeks ago, and I couldn’t be happier with my decision. In making the change, I finally untethered myself from the iOS & iCloud ecosystem Apple has built, the high-walled garden of cross-platform services which adds a very … More Daily Ramble: Apple Beware, Your High-Walled Ecosystem Is Collapsing
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