Beneficence

Dementors and Human Kindness

Fun stuff from Tom Munnecke today.

Imagine a Harry Potter-like scene in a stone-walled academy, not unlike Hogwarts. A young apprentice is defending her ideas, surrounded by dark, dismal dementors hovering about, ready to suck the life out of any idea which contradicts ...

For a moment there I thought he'd been over here reading the comments to recent posts!

Truly, this is a fun read, and I'm hopeful he'll be continuing the story line. My only challenge is with this statement of a core value:

We believe people are basically good

Doesn't square with my view of original sin. I could buy it better at a pragmatic level if we stated it this way:

We believe people are basically well intentioned.

SpaceShip One!

Hearty thanks to Burt Rutan, Mike Melvill, Paul Allen and the whole team that made today's space flight of SpaceShip One a success! I'm like a little kid again, watching men land on the moon! It's so wonderful to witness and to vicariously experience the elation the SpaceShip One team must feel today. Gives us a moment to bask in the realm of possibilities and to remember what people can do when they work together for creative purposes! Three cheers for the spirit of private enterprise--with very tangible public benefits today in the form of a burst of uplifted morale!