Interview -- "The Future Is Now"
The folks at the video blog "Ryan is Hungry" interviewed me recently on just what it means to try to change the world. Thank you to Lisa Rein for facilitating the connection -- and for providing the space.
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Comments
Passing this along. Great interview.
Posted by: Damien | March 9, 2008 8:29 PM
I wonder why it takes people so long to do something about it once we have information. IE Smoking, etc.
We're destroying our host at our own peril. It doesn't make sense, since we understand what we're doing.
Posted by: Jess | March 10, 2008 5:44 PM