This is one of those silly test posts to see whether this new blog category will work so that the facilitators that we are “orienting” in DC will have a place where they can post their comments, ideas, and thoughts… Read More »
Yearly Archives: 2012
Student-Centered Discussion in the Far East
In December I traveled to Japan, Singapore, and China, exploring possibilities for IF-styled discussions on Asian settings. In Japan, I spoke with one faculty member who teaches at a very large and esteemed private university in Tokyo and another that… Read More »
“Going Public” with IF Reports: A Pre-Project Perspective
The Fellows’ recent discussion of “going public” issues again reminded us of the many ways in which we can get our “product” and process out into circulation in the broader governance conversation. We have something to offer and it makes… Read More »
‘The Best-Laid Plans…’
“Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men
who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage”
Aristotle
Actions have consequences. Whatever we do in both our private and public lives has consequences.… Read More »
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What’s Your ‘Fair Share’?
It’s common sense that billionaires should pay their fair share of taxes. Everyone should agree to that. It follows a fortiori, as people in the logic business say, from the idea that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes—which follows,… Read More »
DC-area Public Policy Discussion Club to discuss IF Food report
IF’s Washington, DC-area Public Policy Discussion Club
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via email in advance so that appropriate reservations can be made.… Read More »
On Building, and Rebuilding, Trust
Concerns about trust have played a central role in my project’s discussions about money, credit, and debt. My panels, time and again, have said that our whole financial system, and indeed money itself, is based upon it: ‘The full faith… Read More »
New Year’s Resolutions
Another New Year is here! One of the most popular things to do before a new year rushes in is to conjure many new beginnings—or to make a list of New Year’s resolutions—or, in other words, to set some personal… Read More »
Embracing the Random with Howard University Alumni
… Read More »The magic in some discussions come from the unexpected–the stuff you just can’t script. That was the lesson in a recent education discussion in Washington, D.C.
For several months, the Interactivity Foundation has been sponsoring small-group public policy discussions through
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