Essays on becoming Chris Barclay
“No one should have to work. Nearly all the evil in the world comes from working, or living in a world designed for work.” So begins Bob Black’s essay on the Abolition of Work. Black goes on to say that not working doesn’t mean doing nothing, but instead, re-organizing your life around play. To play […]
Continue Reading“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” This is one of my all time favorite quotes from writer Ambrose Redmoon. When I first saw it I thought, “This would make a great epitaph.” It truly deserves to be carved into stone in somewhere […]
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Continue ReadingI’ve always been interested in what makes people successful. What leads some people to achieve while others fail? I knew it couldn’t only be about raw intelligence or access to resources (though those things certainly do help). Being in the right place at the right time also seemed to be a factor, though not a […]
Continue ReadingWhen I first heard about AQ, it was in China, and I thought it was somehow related to the story of Ah-Q, by the father of modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun. In “The Real Story of Ah Q”, the title character is a coward and petty thief, who is frequently getting beat up by everyone […]
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Continue ReadingGinkgo Academy is a joint project between Beijing Normal University, St. Cloud State University, myself, and a group of western volunteers. When completed in 2013, this K-12 school for physically disabled children in Yangshuo, China will accommodate 100 students plus parent caretakers, teachers and administrative staff. It will be one of the first such schools in […]
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