The Social Age

This is a horrible story. A Chinese blogger happened on a confrontation in the central Chinese province of Hubei between city inspectors and villagers protesting over the dumping of waste near their homes. He decided to film the event on his camera-phone. Fifty (yes, you read right, 50) municipal inspectors turned on him and beat […]

Razoo is a new social network that promotes social good and looks to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful.
Razoo, like many other social networks, is about creating causes and grouping around them. Their added twist is that they encourage you to perform “acts” toward the benefit […]

You’ve all heard me talk about the two tenets of The Social Age: curiosity and awareness. Curiosity drive us to question, to learn and to seek out answers and alternatives. Awareness opens up our minds to a world larger than self. Together, these two principles drive an answer-seeking, we-oriented social movement that I hope […]

Can someone help me out here? I’ve been following the Presidential primaries and a thought occurred to me. How come the average national age of retirement is 65 years old and yet we allow people over 65 to run for President? I don’t really get this. John McCain is 71. Ronald Reagan took office at […]

“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference” - Tom Brokaw