Okay here’s my Friday food for thought. A friend who is a commercial game producer is interested in “games for good,” the idea that games can have certain treatment effects across subgroups in society that motivate new, different, somehow “better” behaviors – or at least behaviors that feed some pathway to larger social change. ANYway, [...]

Most of us have enjoyed, at least once, the serendipitous confluence of wandering and delight. We’ve bumped into something utterly transfixing, without really trying, and come away enriched – with the added sense that “it was meant to be.” Maybe that’s how we met a lover (we say bonjour in a cafe, against our intent [...]

Photo: MakerFaireAfrica2012 Make for a great weekend of learning and creativity. This Thursday the Population Institute and Vermont-based Population Media Center will host the 32nd annual Global Media Awards in New York City. “Each year PI honors journalists, filmmakers, radio and television show hosts, and editorial cartoonists from around the world who write about population [...]

Following up on my “10 Things to Love about DC,” I’m also trying to grab some photographic “sketches” of the city in transition. Washington is evolving at a tremendous pace – you could almost imagine a space port to the east in 50 years. Anyway, I like this photo captured today for a bunch of [...]