Daniel Lubetzky

I started twitting for anyone interested in the journey from Skoll World Forum in Oxford and through London into NYC. Paul Van Zyl and I are heading out on train, boat, car, and donkey to Madrid – or by camel to Morocco if necessary and then hopefully on to the USA.

Check out this awesome, short video created by KIND fans Iris and Sean, who are being featured as this month’s KINDAHOLIC. Thanks for being such great fans!   KIND snacks commercial from Iris Lai on Vimeo.

With extremism being particularly rampant among some religious followers who become increasingly zealous about their convictions and practices, and with the cartoonish tensions created by black and white contrasts set out by desensitized uber-capitalism vs. new age parsimoniousness, I was struck by the depth and timeliness of these contrasting messages: With regard to all human [...]

Ok, ok, this picture is actually a joke.  I was at the Pentagon, but I just asked an officer to stand there by this podium they keep at the visitors center for silly visitors like me to take a picture. The pentagon is like a city unto itself, and the building includes all the shops [...]

I was intrigued by this very smart promotional give-away – a usb-drive that also serves as a livestrong-like bracelet.  Smart & practical idea…

This is a 911 call made by a 5-year-old girl when her father was having chest pains and could not speak. Her calmness and poise is remarkable for such a youngster!

The goal is not happiness. The goal is purpose. And from that purpose comes happiness. – Linda Gallanter, at dinner, sharing that when raising children, giving them purpose is a much more effective way to make them fulfilled and happy in life (whereas worrying about them being ‘happy’ can yield spoiled or malcontent kids)

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill (as seen in http://ny-forum.com/)

  We came to America for the American dream – to do good and to make good. – K.R. Sridhar (As quoted in a column by Tom Friedman in the NYT)

…Republicans lead in the wrong direction and Democrats are unable to lead in any direction at all. – Lincoln Chafee, “Goodbye to All That,” NYTimes, February 20, 2010