“We have set out on a quest for true humanity, and somewhere on the distant horizon, we can see the glittering prize” - Steve Biko
(I used this quote as my about for the first year of this site, and it’s how I opened my talk at the 1st Joburg Geek Dinner because it says so much to the genius and dignity of those who dare to stand up and pursue their beliefs, however unpopular they may be. To give me the heart to grow up & do the same actually!)
Throughout humanity this is one of the strongest evocations of the spirit that drives explorers, pioneers and thought leaders over the edge of the known. This call to adventure seems tantalizingly impossible (by the way there’s NOTHING quite as effective as saying IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to those wildminded ones with fire in their bellies, it’s like a teenage dare, they WILL find the way! and humanity will move forward again).
This one is a challenge toward real ubuntu, to something irrationally utopian: to discovering what would happen if we weeded the greed, to dare to co.create a global genius. Perhaps we’ve already begun. Continue reading ‘Living a life poets write about’
