In my dual roles as psychotherapist (currently inactive) and philanthropist (currently active), I regularly attend workshops and conferences. As an example, the Association of Small Foundations recently wrapped up its annual meeting here in Albuquerque on October 3rd, 2013. (Our Foundation sponsored bringing in William Powers to speak as a part of our RYOL Lecture […]
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November 6, 2013
Let’s Talk About “Changing Systems” Systematically (part I of II)
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August 15, 2013
Announcing William Powers ASF Luncheon Talk & Follow-up RYOL Meet the Author
The FHL Foundation is excited to announce that we have partnered with the Association of Small Foundations (ASF) to bring author William Powers to Albuquerque to talk about his book Hamlet’s BlackBerry—A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age (2010, HarperCollins). Powers will be the keynote speaker for the first day of […]
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February 26, 2013
What’s So Social About Machine Media? (2 of 2)
Welcome to part II of my two-part series designed to investigate the following overarching question: Out of all the media that have existed for thousands of years why do we frame digital machine media as being “social?” Here are two follow-up questions: Where has this “social” frame come from? Why has the social frame been […]
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February 5, 2013
FHL Foundation Shifts Mission Focus to Executive Function (EF)
At our recent board meeting (01.29.13) the board voted to change the Foundation’s Mission Statement in the following way: To explicitly promote Executive Function Theory as a guiding principle toward understanding and solving societal problems. We are shifting focus from Bowlbian attachment to Executive Function Theory. We’re not leaving behind attachment; we’re adding EF to […]
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Affordable Ashmordable … What About Desirable Care?
I applaud efforts to make healthcare affordable, but in this blog post I’d like to offer up a caution: “As we make healthcare in specific and care in general more affordable, will it still remain desirable?” Looked at another way, does it make sense to make something that is quickly becoming undesirable, affordable? Should we be […]
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