green energy investment

happy to see that g. soros is taking a serious turn toward renewables. wish that he would have had a larger profile and investment when i was working for him at the open society institute.

article link: soros $1b to green energy.

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founded in part by avant-garde musician brian eno and david hillis, creator of the connection machine supercomputer, the long now foundation seeks to adjust the current cultural ideology of "faster, higher, cheaper" to "slower, better, sustainable." from the reading i have done on the foundation, it is a very interesting concept with existentialist roots. the organization plans to be in it for the long haul--10,000 years-- to effectively carry out its mission. an audacious goal, indeed.

money for the people

way to google! structured as a philanthropic arm of google, yet as a for-profit vs. a non-profit, i am anxious to see if they are more successful than the traditional npo philanthropy at achieving their goals. very anxious.