I recently had the chance to sit down with filmmaker Katie Teague, who is making a movie on money and growth. It is the fuel of finance, thus the economy, and thus the 'developed' world. A world of constant, infinite, compounded growth; without which the majority of...

One of the most touching and inspirational stories I've seen is that of Juan Mann in Australia. In 2004, after a series of personal setbacks, he was at a party and received a random hug. In his words, he "felt like a king!" Since then, he made it...

More and more today, we see people and organizations taking on big problems with the noble goal of "changing the world." We hear the same opportunities:

We just need to put the right system in place...
We just need the right incentives...
We just need the...

Over the last few years, I've become a big proponent of Smile Cards. The premise behind these small cards is simple: do an anonymous act of kindness and leave a card behind, inviting the recipient to pay-it-forward. If he/she does, the chain keeps going, resulting in "ripples" of...

Is there any hope for capitalism? The last couple years have seen a pounding of the system that most haven't seen in their lifetimes. It has caused more than a few to look at the way we live our lives and ask the deep questions. If I want to make...

The most popular viral videos nowadays are seemingly pretty ephemeral. A cat has an amazing sense of the dramatic or the melodic laugh of a baby -- perhaps the latest episode of a teenage soap opera. On the flip side of this lies the inspirational -- videos that highlight an...