Sascha Lobo war gestern in Radolfzell um über die Zukunft und Trends der digitalen Welt zu sprechen. Für den Blog des Coworking Radolfzell habe ich eine kurze Zusammenfassung des Abends geschrieben.
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The Greatest Commencement Address of All Time
On December 18, 1988, twenty-five years after his writing had been denounced as “anti-Soviet” in his native Russia and mere months after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature “for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity,” prolific poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky took the podium at Ann Arbor and addressed the graduating class at the University of Michigan with one of the most beautiful and timeless commencement speeches ever given, offering six invaluable pieces of wisdom on good-personhood and the meaning of life.
Maria Popova wrote and excellent article in her free weekly interestingness digest Brain Pickings about the speech sub-titled Joseph Brodsky’s 6 Rules for Playing the Game of Life Like a Winner although this might be better phrased the 6 rules for playing the game of life like a real winner to emphasize that it’s not about material things to be gained.
“Of all the parts of your body, be most vigilant over your index finger, for it is blame-thirsty. A pointed finger is a victim’s logo.”
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The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one
I just got back from the US and have to admit that I love this country, especially the spirit of Silicon Valley and its culture of innovative entrepreneurs. Although for someone born and raised by postwar parents in Germany, America’s patriotism is not quite comprehensible.
For a moment I thought that this was from a real live interview at an American university, but then realized it’s Jeff Daniels, self-appointed professional pretender (according to his Twitter profile) for the HBO political drama series The Newsroom during the opening scene of the first episode, created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012. The series chronicles the behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel.
In his little speech he explains why America isn’t the greatest country in the world anymore, but once was. I love it and I’m looking very much forward to watching the complete season.