http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com a visionary outlook on everyday events Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:18:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Miriam Garvi Sometimes in life, the unexpected hits us like an earthquake, leaving behind an altered landscape where everything once familiar is suddenly replaced by the unknown. A frightening process challenging the believed possible and the believed impossible, the desirable and the undesirable - baring one's securities and insecurities in ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2010/01/14/the-people-of-compassion/ by Josef Garvi Recently, somebody asked me for advice on how to improve the productivity of run-down cocoa plantations on the Gold Coast. My contact displayed a lot of good intentions, laudable and politically correct in our times: fair trade, biological farming, enhanced agricultural output. His concern was how to make ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/12/21/resources-to-whose-benefit/ by Esther Garvi Copyright Eden Foundation If you can turn a barren field into a fruit-bearing Eden Garden, even when you reside next to the Sahara desert, you have invested in the future. Copyright Eden Foundation Your family will rely on the trees and harvest fruits and leaves throughout the year, even in times ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/11/17/the-impact-of-vision-pioneering/ by Staffan Göranson Under the war cry «Greed is Good», Ayn Rand argued that egoism is a blessing for humankind, and that laissez-faire capitalism is the highest form of morality. Many have adhered to this tantalizing ideology, not only influential economists like Alan Greenspan, but also a large number of ordinary ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/11/06/greed-or-fulfilment/ by Miriam Garvi When I was writing my dissertation just a few years ago about the world of venture capital and the financing of entrepreneurial ventures, it was a challenge to find a terminology that would adequately convey the purpose of a particular enterprise beyond the doctrine of profit maximization. Today, however, ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/07/25/hybrids-a-language-for-compromise/ by Staffan Göranson In Greek mythology, there was once a king named Midas. By Dionysos, god of fertility, wine and growth, he was offered the granting of a wish of his choosing. Greedy as he was, he cried out: Gold! Gold! Gold! And this was granted. Anything he touched became gold. ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/07/13/king-midas-and-the-wisdom-of-man/ by Miriam Garvi In When progress equals devolution, I wrote about how easily wisdom is lost in our pursuit of knowledge, as we discard the natural in favor of the artificially modified that will allow for production and consumption en masse. Lately, there seems to be a common understanding that in order ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/07/10/through-the-eyes-of-a-child/ by Miriam Garvi In this age of technological advancement, so much that was once unheard of has come within our reach. Old barriers are broken as we venture into space or create clones of the living. The enormity of resources that are poured into making scientific progress and creating markets for technology ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/06/29/when-progress-equals-devolution/ by Miriam Garvi With so many quasi-ideas out there being endorsed by the big money, it is funny how difficult it can be for people with real commitment to find the resources they need to do something good. Quasi-ideas have a remarkable way of ending up in fancy packages, and they ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/06/18/impressing-without-the-wrapping/ by Miriam Garvi Ten years ago, as I was busy interailing across Europe, interviewing Scandinavians abroad for my master's thesis, I was fascinated by how the Internet was providing new opportunities for people to settle down and work from a location of their own choosing. In my business studies, I had ... http://www.blog.visionpioneers.com/2009/06/08/quality-in-life-success-or-meaning/