Must read article today is Matt Taibbi’s Rolling Stone interview with the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American history to keep from talking. Except now she telling it all. See: The $9 Billion witness: meet JP Morgan’s worst nightmare.
Where oh where, oh where, is our modern day Pecora Commission epiphany that finally embarrasses politicians and revolts the populace into breaking up today’s banking cartel?
The simple-minded obsession with certainty comes from vulnerability and fear about our highly uncertain existence.
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. Here is a direct video link.
Here is a link to Brown’s follow up TED talk in 2012: Listening to Shame.
Excellent discussion of a complex topic we all need to continue thinking about as our societies evolve.
Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see — and write about — the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States’ extensive surveillance of private citizens. In this searing talk, Greenwald makes the case for why you need to care about privacy, even if you’re “not doing anything you need to hide.” Here is a direct video link.
