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Now here's a public meeting space that could be conducive to raising trust?

We go about our ways, And we clash. And when we clash, We make an impression, An impression becomes expectation, An expectation, An allegory. We continue to go about our ways, Safe, satisfied with the status quo. And when we are satisfied, We follow in the same direction. We like unchanging paths, Lukewarm and timid winds. But winds change, And so do paths. And when our paths change, We contemplate and forget. We need to remember. Happiness sometimes lies in struggle.

I've been thinking a little bit about trust , and now I contemplate interaction. In my opinion, it takes many interactions to build trust. How do we quantify trust? Is it based on the exchange of physical things, such as contributing time and resources in exchange for money? Or is it based on the exchange of non-physical things, such as the regularity of saying hello to the same person on the same side of the street every morning? I feel that it is a combination of things. I believe that trust is based on the consistency of interaction with society, whether by one individual or those they represent. I also believe that there is a correlation between how regular these interactions are and the depth of what is being entrusted. In other words, if that which is being entrusted between two parties is great, the interactions will be of proportional consistency. For example, in terms of a physical exchange: If I am an employed research assistant handling highly sensitive data belonging to...

The view from my room - yes, we use that football pitch, and I just came back from a morning round of ball. Below are views from our flat's living/dining room and kitchen. What a fantastic day in London! I never thought we would get a clear, warm day of sun, sun and more sun.

Last night, amongst many things, my friend Inayat and I discussed trust. It made me think of an article I read in 2007 about the world's intangible wealth . Trust - definition aside - seems to be an important indicator of intangible wealth, value that is not accounted for in our conventional methods of economic transactions and accounting. Trust within both the public and the private sectors, across any hierarchy in any form of institution. Essentially, if there is lack of trust within the hierarchies, civil society suffers as a whole. If there is a solid level of trust, civil society gains. Now, some organizations, indeed nation states, may find ways of enforcing trust, for example, through market-based contracts with liability clauses, or through the arm of the law. Other organizations, such as in those developing countries that experience severe corruption, would need to rely on a high levels of unaccounted-for trust to get work done. Of course, organizational behaviour is also ...

Just found out from a few friends that an interview me and Mumo had with James Walsh in New York last year was published in an article on this page at the GlobalPost.

"We produce what we don’t consume and we consume what we don’t produce." The World Economic Forum for Africa concluded on Friday May 7 in Dar-es-Salaam. We put up a post about the beginning of the forum , but this post is to draw some conclusions and invite opinions as to the direction of Africa's economy as a whole. The title of this post is a line from Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete's speech, which was extracted from his quote on this press release . It describes the disproportionate ways in which African economies are integrated into the world financial markets. That is, the trend has so far been for African countries to produce and export goods and services while return are of lesser value. President Kikwete emphasized that it is time to "move Africa from the periphery to the centre of the global economy." South African President Jacob Zuma also seemed optimistic that Africa is going to experience positive economic change, especially due to this summ...

This has been happening for a while now, but I seem to be getting comments in Chinese more than in languages I understand. Update, 3 hours later: They must be spambots.