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 »
Category Archives: Perspectives
‘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 »
Then I Took an Arrow to the Knee
The complete quote of course—now laughably familiar to my boys and all other Skyrim players—is “I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.” The viral and self-mocking ubiquity of this gaming meme… Read More »
In Public Discussions, Look First at the Forest, Then at the Trees
IF’s public discussions routinely begin with an exploration of the concerns relating to the topic at hand. Discussants then move on to explore various conceptual possibilities for addressing those concerns.
There are various schools of thought among IF facilitators about… Read More »
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I.F. as a “Discussion Tank”
You know how you sometimes feel as though you’ve got just the answer to a question or the right description for something—only 10 minutes or a half hour too late? That happened to me last week, just after I’d finished… 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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