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KoKo

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 03:41 PM Feb 2014

"How Willful Blindness Keeps Everyone Living a Lie" (Incredibly Upbeat--Despite the Title)

What an insightful, entertaining and positive interview this is! Plus her "mindset of the whistle blower" (Snowden, et al) at the end is revealing.

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Published on Feb 7, 2014 Abby Martin speaks with Margaret Heffernan, entrepreneur and author of the upcoming book 'A Bigger Prize' about how the notion of willful blindness inhibits humanity's ability to grow, and how the concept of competition is more damaging than we've been indoctrinated to believe.

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"How Willful Blindness Keeps Everyone Living a Lie" (Incredibly Upbeat--Despite the Title) (Original Post) KoKo Feb 2014 OP
Great interview. "It doesn't take much to tip the balance", very true. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #1
 

NYC_SKP

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1. Great interview. "It doesn't take much to tip the balance", very true.
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 04:02 PM
Feb 2014

Her talk reminds me the notions of "disruptive technologies" and the fact that some of the best outcomes start with a small disturbance in the status quo.

We all have the capacity to make a difference, I'd say that we even have a duty to.

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