Off to see Clay Shirky talk tonight about his new book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. Lots of ideas about human potential in the 21st Century and living in a world that is moving to being less about consuming and more about doing.
I’ll be intrigued to find out how far down this road he thinks we are. Does the Foxxcon assembly line worker in Shenzen or the Mcjobber in the suburbs of Sao Paulo get to be part of this creative rebalancing? Or are they just allowed to be the last targets for growth hungry legacy companies of the 20th Century and an easily forgotten part of our own personal supply chains?
As industry was showcasing rehabilitated quarry and mine sites on European Minerals Day (15-17 May) and arguing that mining can actually create new habitats, the European Commission was underlining that protecting biodiversity begins with preventing and reducing the damage caused by mining in the first place.
