Miscellaneous
Editor's letter
There are no limits to ownershipJurriaan Kamp | March 2006 issueIn working on this issue’s cover story on ownership, we looked into the topic of “open source.” The term refers to an approach used in the software industry to make source codes for computer programmes accessible to everyone. Read More...
The beauty of diversity
A cultural mix spawns creativity and abundance. Marco Visscher | June 2003 issue The public debate over immigration is dominated by fear. Fear of the loss of one’s own culture, rigid beliefs and anxiety over economic decline. But why, asks journalist Pascal Zachary, did Germany and Japan lose the Read More...
An unlikely hero
Risking her life, Mukhtar Mai envisions a better future for womenKim Ridley | March 2006 issue Mukhtar Mai has transformed personal trauma into a global wake-up call for women’s rights in Pakistan. After surviving a gang rape ordered by the local tribal council to punish her family for an offense Read More...
How to create a real ownership society
As George W. Bush promotes his corporate-controlled vision of an "ownership society," other observers explore what a true ownership society would look like.Jonathan Rowe | March 2006 issue Last year, when U.S. President George W. Bush declared the “ownership society” the theme for his second Read More...
Healthy behaviour: Friendship
Making and maintaining friends. | June 2003 issue 1. Aways be friendly to everyone; experiment excessively. 2. Surround yourself at home and at work with pictures and memories of friends. 3. Listen to friends' dreams and try and do everything you can to make them yours. 4. Always have the feeling Read More...
How Africa developed the West
Without Africa's wealth and resources, the West would not have prospered. A conversation on the Western debt to Africa.Marco Visscher | March 2006 issue In the late 17th century when Dutch traders returned home from Africa and described their impressions of a region of Africa in what is now Read More...
It's not sexy being green
A sense of fun is your best strategy for changing the worldJay Walljasper | March 2006 issue Sooner or later every idealist, activist and anyone else interested in changing the world comes face to face with a hard fact: Most people aren’t idealists and activists. There are only a few Gandhis and Read More...
Healthy behaviour: Silliness
Getting silly, a guide.| June 2003 issue 1. Laugh in public at least three times a day in every imaginable setting, especially wherever your inner voice says 'not here'. You are standing in line at the checkout counter and… 2. Practice being totally crazy with children. At least once a week go to Read More...
Some rights reserved
The rising stinginess of intellectual property rights has sparked a creative response: open source.Tijn Touber | March 2006 issue It is time to abolish copyright: It is a threat to human rights. So argues Joost Smiers in his book Arts Under Pressure: Promoting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Read More...
Healthy behaviour: Smile!
Laughing matters.Patch Adams | June 2003 issue The first time I saw him he was wearing a rubber nose, a multi-coloured print shirt, and a polka-dot tie over yellow balloon pants held up by suspenders. Beneath the rubber nose was an elaborate handlebar moustache; on the back of his head, a ponytail Read More...