Comments on: SA’s best & brightest : reversing brain.drain?

By: costumes

costumes — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:38:44 +0000

costumes…

an interesting take on a fun topic….

By: TEDGlobal2007 rocked! so does South Africa | Your Group of Web AddiCT(s);

TEDGlobal2007 rocked! so does South Africa | Your Group of Web AddiCT(s); — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:56:54 +0000

[...] IM’ing Max Kaizen, SA Rocks contiributor, about how awesome TED Global 2007 was and how I’d like to get the [...]

By: Sjefke

Sjefke — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:26:41 +0000

*Oops……….

Please replace the first link in my post with this one:

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-amazing-effects-of-a-weekend-without-televsion/

Sorry & thanks

By: Sjefke

Sjefke — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:24:05 +0000

The old publishing law: “Bad news sells” has been taken to new levels in the last decade or so: more local papers, tv- and radio stations when the previously ‘exclusive’ technology became available to every H, D & T(v).

Internet added a new dimension to ‘news-making’: by lack of enough items, news is regurgitated or just created out of events that were no news previously – only to feed the constant hunger for “news” – resulting in overkill and those nagging feelings of impotence (indeed) and global pessimism – but we watch and read it anyway – probably because we want some affirmation that our own lives are not that bad, after all: compared to famine, war and nature’s harm. Or just because we love the misery of others. But then, that realisation doesn’t make us much happier, after all…

So, ditch your TV (and internet, for that matter) – if only for the weekend: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/06/0601_europe_entp/index_01.htm

Then, when the productivity and creativity start flowing – this is what you are up against to: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/06/0601_europe_entp/index_01.htm

But don’t see it as competition – use it for inspiration.

By: Whats wrong with news media?

Whats wrong with news media? — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:13:13 +0000

[...] us the stuff that sticks out, the sore thumbs of life. I love the observation Max Kaizen makes in reversing the brain.drain� “… especially after the numbing effect of news. The news presented by mainstream [...]

By: AndreSC

AndreSC — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:03:13 +0000

“argely reactive, and leaves us feeling impotent to change”

That’s it! I’ve always hated the sensationalist ‘this one got that bit cut off’ so-called ‘news’ that the mainstream media seem to focus. Never been able to quite get what about it irks me so, ’till now – thank you. Looking fwd to your whole series.