Imagine if Wikipedia were not a reference work but a change effort. Imagine if every hour spent working on that was spent working for the world we want. And imagine if we could choose the pieces to work on, contributing where we can, unafraid to make mistakes and muddle through and sense the success with nothing to lose and everything to gain…
Would that be philanthropy? Maybe not, maybe living generously would be a better description, living abundantly in community with others. Though maybe that is the root meaning of "philia," sometimes translated as "brotherly love." What Ted captures is that better world is not created as the Pharohs built pyramids, but as the bees build hives.
Sorry, wiki's don't do blogging conventions well. That quote is actually from Chris Corrigan, quoted at AboutUs by MarkDilley and emailed to Chris and Author by TedErnst. :-)
Posted by: Ted Ernst | July 24, 2007 at 03:03 AM