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Founder, technologist, professor, ecstatic dancer. Believer in power of technology & design for positive change. Husband, father, San Franciscan, MTBer. He/They

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Joined October 2006
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Bravo. I so appreciate Donnie’s tenacity to this important idea of “post growth” We grow the wrong things. It’s easy for people to mishear the call for inner growth as a call for outer growth. And then they decide they must acccumulate the outer trapping…lnkd.in/g4Hbwnyx
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I’m loving this collective action: Gathering the votes of small investors like you and I to utilize our votes to make things better. While I don’t think Tesla is the major offender, it will likely be a low hanging flex for this kind of proxy voting. lnkd.in/gizmWeqr
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Compassion Coalition launch this Saturday. Over the last year, My friend Rick Hansen has founded and assembled an inspiring group of people and organizations to increase compassion in the world. He believes this is foundational f…lnkd.in/gaaVrGAX lnkd.in/g6jB36Tr
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The issue I see in using google to speak to Dolphins is: How might we avoid cringey "Ich bin ein Berliner" moments? We need to navigate some delicate topics; like how we messed up the world we share. And it doesn't look good for…lnkd.in/g-FdFSah lnkd.in/g4Rq_rMy
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CCA MDES - Seeking 3rd Chair! Spread the word to find a leader to strengthen this important program to bring change to design in tech from the inside. lnkd.in/g-JiTPNS
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This Fall we walk to school thanks to the outstanding K-8 SF Schoolhouse that moved to our Lower Haight neighborhood. sfschoolhouse.org #dreamcometrue @LowerHaightSF
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Also SFSH is inclusive and queer-friendly for both students and families.
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Tomorrow 11 AM ET! @anildash & I will host a conversation w/@David4BK on Spaces. Did you know that the co-founder of the country's largest worker owned #coop is running for @NYSenate District 21 in Brooklyn? It's true! David is amazing & a @start_coop alum thenation.com/article/politi…
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A gathering of white people on colonized land watching a wave approaching that has the power to take them out and not moving until it is too late, is the perfect metaphor for climate change
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Fellow traveler.
Words of wisdom from Bo Shao, Co-founder and Chairman of Evolve. 💫
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Compassion naturally gives rise to tolerance and forgiveness. It allows us to appreciate that even someone we think of as an enemy is a human being with a right to be happy. Your enemy can be your best teacher because he or she teaches the possibility of unconditional compassion.
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. @RecParkSF how will you announce Camp Mather open status for tomorrow and the week after? Plz consider asking families to cooperatively take on staff roles rather than cancelling. I used to run a camp waterfront and work in a kitchen. I’d be glad to help! #campmather
I’m starting a new position as Institutional Co-Op Member at Zebras Unite to help build and bolster a new inclusive model of entrepreneurship. lnkd.in/gyVVsQ25
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Humans are capable of extraordinary transformation. I spent five years interviewing people who did just that, like a former neo-Nazi and a paid climate skeptic who flipped. Here are 15 insights about HOW PEOPLE CHANGE👇
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Love this as antidote to today's misinformation
Replying to @stephlepp
TL;DR: 1⃣The Switch 2⃣Anti-debates 3⃣Co-hosts 4⃣Clean Bias 5⃣Hippocratic Oath For creative thinking on news, media, and human consciousness, follow me 😎
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