Yeah…I’m a geek

Stewart Brand uses his time at TED to challenge existing ideologies around weighty issues like the environment, mass poverty, geo-engineering and energy provision/consumption.  While you may or may not agree with his views, they have the wonderful effect of getting people talking and discussing these critical concepts. Once you have viewed the video, head over to [...]

Jeffrey Sachs is one of the world’s most prominent economists and has worked with the current UN General Secretary and world leaders, academics and global companies.  Currently a professor at Columbia University, Jeffrey Sachs has previously written End of Poverty, which Common Wealth partly covers in terms of content (extreme poverty).  Common Wealth goes much further [...]