Gurteen Knowledge

Quotation: On being only a boy playing on the seashore by Isaac Newton

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:03:59 +0100

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Quotation: On standing upon the shoulders of giants by Isaac Newton

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:01:19 +0100

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Event: KM Brasil 2008, 27 - 29 Aug 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:50:32 +0100

Date: 27 - 29 Aug 2008
Organizer: Sociedade Brasileira de Gest�o do Conhecimento
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Link: Leading Sustainable Conversations

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:05:27 +0100

Link: Bali Institute for Global Renewal

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:08 +0100

The Bali Institute for Global Renewal is a learning center for multicultural leadership and facilitation training. Integrating deep dialogue, indigenous wisdom, global consciousness, multigenerational activism with strength-based, action-oriented skills, the Bali Institute for Global Renewal empowers individuals, groups and organizations in their quest to make a difference in the world.

Quotation: On the cornucopia of the commons by Dan Bricklin

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:34:27 +0100

Tthe Cornucopia of the Commons: Use brings overflowing abundance.

Quotation: On the tragedy of the commons by Garrett Hardin

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:12:42 +0100

Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit -- in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Quotation: Aristotle on the tragedy of the commons by Aristotle

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:12:28 +0100

What is common to the greatest number gets the least amount of care. Men pay most attention to what is their own; they care less for what is common; or at any rate they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned. Even when there is no other cause for inattention, men are more prone to neglect their duty when they think that another is attending to it.