The Social Age

I’m often asked by people how they can make the transition into a job that will give them more meaning in their life. These jobs are plentiful, and smart, driven people are needed to fill them.
Idealist.org, a project of Action Without Borders, is an online community where people are connecting everyday to make the world […]

My mom brought me up to believe that if I am late meeting someone, it means that I consider my time more valuable than their time. Since I live in The Social Age and truly don’t believe that my time is more valuable than anyone else’s, this phenomenon has translated into always being 20 minutes […]

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 […]