October 2009
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Random Act of Kindness
I was walking home on a rainy Friday after a long week at work. I had a particularly disheartening day and was quietly sobbing to myself as I made my way home in the drizzle without an umbrella. While waiting at a crosswalk, a kind young man asked me if I was alright, to which I replied I was okay and kept on walking. He caught up with me once we had crossed the road and gave me his umbrella,...
Oct 23rd
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Oct 14th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 11th
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Update!
Another bill has been sent by a fellow member! (: Location: King and Bay St, downtown Toronto (at Nuit Blanche)
Oct 8th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 3rd
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H a p p i n o m i c s
The woman sitting opposite me on the #4 Powell bus is wearing a leather bomber jacket and stylized Armani glasses. Her fingers are crossed over the wooden handle of a corduroy shoulder bag. The words “PURL” and “KNIT” are tattooed across her knuckles in the same gothic lettering that Tupac Shakur used to tattoo “OUTLAW” on his forearm. I’m about to talk to...
Oct 3rd
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Oct 3rd
“The really mind-boggling results came when participants were invited to predict...”
– Clay Williams
Oct 2nd
September 2009
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Confessions of a R a d i c a l Prof
“I teach them how to use their economic power to express and actualize their deepest values – to repudiate the false god of money and the prevailing economic religion of the market. I teach them that enlightened self-interest involves behaving in a socially responsible manner, since we all depend on each other … and on the whole. We all have to do our part to save both the planet and...
Sep 30th
B l o g g e r
Opened a blogspot: http://5theworldproject.blogspot.com/ Please leave comments!
Sep 30th
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Sep 29th
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More than m o n e y
“Complexity, autonomy, and a relationship between effort and reward in doing creative work, and that’s worth more to most of us than money.” “When Louis Borgenicht came home after first seeing that child’s apron, he danced a jig. He He hadn’t sold anything yet. He was still penniless and desperate, and he knew that to make something of his idea was going to...
Sep 29th
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Questions from an e-mailer
I’d like to ask you a few questions: Q: What exactly are you trying to accomplish with this?  How many people do you think this bill will get to? A: Objective To pass something that has a lure to someone else can be hard. but “The act of giving is gratifying”- M. so promote the idea of ‘the act of giving.’ Locate the bill and the stories that come with it. send in...
Sep 28th
Update!
Last Location: Second Cup, Markham Ont.
Sep 28th
Sep 28th
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Facebook
Join us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=155644989536 !!
Sep 28th
Sep 27th
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Sep 27th
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Sep 27th
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“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them...”
– Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Sep 27th
Sep 27th
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Something m e a n i n g f ul
“It is the ultimate form of “Divide and Conquer” for at its very core are the assumptions that (1) We must fight each other in order to survive. (2) Humans must have this reward “Incentive” to do anything meaningful. As far as Number 1 (We must fight each other in order to survive.), this characteristic of ‘competition’ in the system guarantees corruption...
Sep 27th