Inspiration
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
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Charter Cities: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty
This is ‘governance outsourcing’ – benchmarking it to global best practices, and giving opportunity to thousands of citizens, and later millions, to improve their lives quickly – instead of leading miserable lives under local political leaders who are criminal and/or incompetent and local institutions that are dysfunctional. An experiment, if succceful, others will want to [...]
Developing Cities from India to Colombia Leapfrog Ahead With Clean, Green Bus Rapid Transit Systems
Latin America cities are pioneers in deploying BRT and it is good to see Indian cities like Ahmedabad learn from this approach. This needs to be combined with road pricing, like in Singapore, to alleviate traffic delays and facilitate mobility.The former mayor of Curitiba-Brazil, Jaime Lerner who was the pioneer in this approach details his [...]
Thought for the day
“I’m beginning to see some improvement” – Pablo Casals, considered the greatest cellist ever, when asked in his 90s why he was practicing 3 hours a day Never stop learning
Pensamiento para el dia
“Hay pintores que transforman el sol en una mancha amarilla, pero hay otros que, gracias a su arte e inteligencia, transforman una mancha amarilla en el sol”. “There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the [...]
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