Daily Archives: January 23, 2008

From Davos to Silly Valley

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 23, 2008

My preceding post highlighted a perspective from Kenya. After writing it, I moved on to see what the blogosphere is sharing about the meetings at Davos. Robert Scoble offers two short video subjects that I hoped would be of interest. He says, John Gage, chief researcher at Sun Microsystems. Talked with me about helping people [...]

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From Kenya to Davos

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 23, 2008

Following is an excerpt from an email from David Zarembka, Coordinator of the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI)/Friends Peace Teams, Kipkarren River, Kenya: This battle is not about ethnicity per se, rather it is about economic injustice, and the youth across the board bear the brunt of it. There is an icy gap between them [...]

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On no longer following “The Dolt” on twitter

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 23, 2008

He’s a co-dependent, an enabler of the first water. You can’t trust him. He talks behind your back to me and then tells me to keep it confidential. Later he contradicts himself in public. He doesn’t contribute when we’re taking a collection for a sick friend. He reminds me of a squirrel the way he [...]

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