Swart Donkey

The world is getting progressively (but bumpily) less racist, sexist, homophobic , and classist. We are breaking down barriers, but we still...

  “vitarka vicara nanda smita nugamat samprajnatah” Yoga Sutras “Samadhi with consciousness is accompanied by reasoning, discrimination, bli...

Not all good ideas are good business ideas. Not all good business ideas are good ideas. We can’t reduce a complex world down to clear deci...

I have always been an earnest chap with a chip on my shoulder about being taken seriously.  Easy to tease. Easy to provoke. By age 26, I ha...

A Community could invest in its common endurance and resilience by building a Community Wealth Fund that pays a basic income to its member...

Not everything that counts can be counted. Investment is not a game you play where Risk and Return are knowable and the only two items on ...

Milk doesn’t come from the shops. It comes from Cows. Most of the products we now end up using are assembled from bits that come from all ...

We think in contrasts. Things become what they are in our minds because of how they are different. That is where Benchmarks become useful....

The first Industrial Revolution introduced machines. The second changed the way we do things, to best make use of those machines. The thir...

In a lot of cases, the generic product people are selling is Confidence. The world is confusing, ambiguous, complex and random. When someon...

Three important concepts when thinking about living a fulfilling life are Commitment, Openness, and Results. There are two ways of looking ...

Emotional is not the opposite of Rational. Emotions can be, and normally are, Rational. There is a reason for why you feel the way you do. ...