Re: What was the name of your blog?
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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
I read Bill's wonderful utopian 'creative capitalism' vision for OUR future at
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1828069-2,00.html
There where so many choice aspects to his treatise which to reference and paraphrase, I was so glad to see he mentioned Bono, and the beauty of conscientious credit creation/ fractional reserve lending, the bedrock of capitalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_creation), beautiful :
'To take a real-world example, a few years ago I was sitting in a bar with Bono, and frankly, I thought he was a little nuts. It was late, we'd had a few drinks, and Bono was all fired up over a scheme to get companies to help tackle global poverty and disease. He kept dialing the private numbers of top executives and thrusting his cell phone at me to hear their sleepy yet enthusiastic replies. As crazy as it seemed that night, Bono's persistence soon gave birth to the (RED) campaign. Today companies like Gap, Hallmark and Dell sell (RED)-branded products and donate a portion of their profits to fight AIDS. (Microsoft recently signed up too.) It's a great thing: the companies make a difference while adding to their bottom line, consumers get to show their support for a good cause, and ― most important ― lives are saved.;'
RED, the colour of revolution (and Communism), if Bono, the King of bleeding hearts and do-gooders is involved this 'Creative capitulation' marlarkey must be a worthy endeavour indeed, in the name of love:
'Capitalism has improved the lives of billions of people ?'
Yes, he would be talking about capitalism 1.0 and where stuff comes from no doubt (http://www.storyofstuff.com/ WATCH THIS), who would have thought so many of us have an xBox with Halo 3 by now.
'This is the heart of creative capitalism. It's not just about doing more corporate philanthropy or asking companies to be more virtuous. It's about giving them a real incentive to apply their expertise in new ways, making it possible to earn a return while serving the people who have been left out. This can happen in two ways: companies can find these opportunities on their own, or governments and nonprofits can help create such opportunities where they presently don't exist.'
Too bad so many billions of people had to be exploited in the Capitalism 1.0 Asian work houses to make our Western dreams come true. I guess the new and improved creative capitalism 2.0 is set to redress that imbalance. Bravo! Or to paraphrase what Bill means; consider C.K. Prahalad's book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, there are markets all over the world that we've missed., with a little bit of credit creation and education indoctrination overseas there is a mozzer to be made, sod the Western economies they're finished woo hoo! Sorry I meant there is so much philanthropic goodness to be achieved through the spread of MS Windows and PC's for the children's future.
'A number of innovative uses for cell phones are emerging. Already many Kenyans use them to store cash
(via a kind of electronic money) and transfer funds. If you have to carry money over long distances
― say, from the market back to your home ― this kind of innovation makes a huge difference.
You're less tempting to rob if you're not holding any cash. '
This is wonderful, spread the benefits of capitalism - Manage the Beehive and farm the honey, instead of two Kenyans bartering with real stuff i.e. chickens for carrots they'll be buying their food with Microsoft digital fiat currency/ mobile cash and by giving away the Microsoft technology and education to standardise the thinking and behaviour we'll make better Kenyan worker bees. Woo hoo.
'Young people today ― all over the world ― want to work for organizations that they can feel good about.
Show them that a company is applying its expertise to help the poorest, and they will repay that commitment
with their own dedication. '
Yes, cathexis is good exploit the good nature of the Kenyan young give them meaning and status make them feel love for the corporation.
'In fact, that's another argument I've heard against creative capitalism: "We don't need to make capitalism more creative. We just need governments to stop interfering with it." There is something to this. Many countries could spark more business investment ― both within their borders and from the outside ― if they did more to guarantee property rights, cut red tape and so on. But these changes come slowly. In the meantime, we can't wait. '
It's all for the children, the people and the Earth. so forget about corporations and government encroachment going away, listen to Microsoft's globalisation self interested baloney wrapped up in feel good nonsense rhetoric, and like it or lump it creative capitulation is here to stay. Be creative.
Steven Parker
An early adopter, Cathexis has been a founding and active member of the Microsoft RFID Partner Advisory Council for over two years. Together with its partners, Cathexis provides real-time data collection and asset visibility solutions in markets such as healthcare, asset management and event management.
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But I am sitting here just crying with laughter.
I can't get over:
"am voraciously reading books on self reliance, and realising how little I know"
Thanks for that.
It could be the 3 beer Chang, but I do find it witty, hilarious and quite "guerilla"
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Chef Shane
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