Central thesis: The sense of how valuable the world is influences the level of investment we are collectively willing to make in order to save it. There are two ways to influence the collective sense of how valuable the world is. One is by changing perspectives on the current state of the world. The other…
Hip hop is a performative art. Even when listening it can be participatory. A great artist can use their deep intuition when writing to create music that puts you in a flow state to perform, and pushes the limits of the people. So when I rap along to Nas’ Memory Lane, i’m in connection with…
Banana Day December 26, 2012 by Esam It’s been a strange Christmas day. I woke up this morning at dawn, after a short one-hour nap, to the thought of spending the next 15 hours dressed up as a banana, surrounded by people I didn’t know and would likely never meet. This thought actually energized me…