Tag Archives: divergence
Olympic success defines a new Britain for the 21st Century
The subject of my first blog, over three years ago, was ‘Convergence and Divergence’. It discussed an observation made, over twenty years ago, at an international business conference by a heavy-hitting American banker, a breed we respected at the time. … Continue reading
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Tagged behavioural values, Bolt, BRIC markets, Britain, British, convergence, divergence, Formspring, Great Britain, Mo Farah, Olympic Games, Russia Unified Team
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Humanity can overcome technology
First posted on Huffington Post on 15 Feb 2012 Two days. Two media channels. Two writers. Alain de Botton is an eminent philosopher who has written ‘How Proust Can Change Your Life’, ‘The Consolations of Philosophy’ and ‘The Pleasures and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain de Botton, Charles Vallance, connectivity, counterculture, divergence, geeks, humanity, JFK, Mandela, Martin Luther King, Obama, outrage, principles, punk, radicalism, soul, technology, Thatcherism, The Iron Lady, touch, Winston Churchill
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