Sunday, December 21, 2008

Will Durant

Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. (Will Durant)

What is Power

In the last edition of Newsweek, Jon Meacham, describes power as:
In the popular imagination, power tends to be viewed in one of two ways, both extreme. The first is totemic and tactical (how to get ahead at the office, to win friends and influence people). The other is epic and amorphous (the fate of markets, of vast global events and forces that seem beyond anyone's control, but especially yours).

The magazine is reporting 50 most powerful people in the world. Read the rest of story here.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Mahdi el Mandjra

Vocal voice from Morocco. He is best known as a futurulog. He urges fundamental change in Arab-Islamic countries before losing time and paying so high price. He called hegemony that most powerfull country practices right now as 'mega imperialism'. The third world must aware this fact to give appropriate treatment to end the imperialism. He can be reached at his site here