I post the following article on here for more food for thought on this:

http://africa-heritage.com/blog/2010/01/18/africa-2010-bridging-the-knowledge-divide-%E2%80%93-haiti-%E2%80%93-part-18-of-30/

a. yes, i know i cna’t spell
b. thanks for bringnig this to our attention
c. are you always so stcuk up?

why is prince mashele’s speech so popular?

are we a hopeless generation in need of a shot of heroine into our veins to get us awake and alive to the present.

what a load of bull. “where were you when SA began to degenerate?” if the top 300 young people are so talented and gifted as their bio’s suggest (and as significant as Prince makes them out in his speech) then the future generations will be asking: “where were you when SA began to REGENERATE?” – and what was your part in it.

we’re so full of the negative that we need some shallow motivational talk to get us believing. my guess is that the effect of the motivation will last until the email has moved into “yesterday” section of our inbox. it’s effects will determine it’s depth. (or it’s shallowness will determine it’s longevity).

i think the speeches popularity is derived from the deep sense of hopelessness many affluent business-minded south africans are experiencing. they actually DO think we’re living during the beginning of the (zimbabwe-esque) end…

more important for me (and us i think). what will get SA moving? what will make a generation of young people believe in today and tomorrow? what (and where) do we turn to, to find the kind of deep motivation and hope that will enable more than just 300 young south africans to lift their head up and make a living? what will arrest the growing divinde between rich and poor, opportuned and illiterate? who wants to do business in a way that doesn’t just establish a strong brand or expand a market?

and are any questions being asked about the effects of these changes in human social behaviour? do we think, act and do business with a thoguht for the effects or do we just do business? where are the ethical questions being reflected on?

it’s NOT going to be a popular blog!

b

notice how all mike’s support comes from fellow blog mutts making a living just like him!

I think this is a bit of a claustrophobic space that fails to engage the majority of people and then suggests it can call itself a “trend”. sure, but a trend for the affluent that thinks little of those without internet connectivity – except that it’s an untapped market…

move in the cellphone giants, rather than food and education…

it’s a fucked up world.

but i do like mike tho so i suppose i’m biased.

I think in this fucked up world, where there’s a market – a person willing to spend – there’s a job and a respectable living. so the jury’s still out for me on whether he’s a pussy or not.

damn jealous about him making the M&G 300 before me!!!

(there’s not a freekin “spirituality” or “faith” section! – which there should be!!!)

a. you can’t spell
b. Mike has greased the corporate wheels for all (including you I’d guess) evangelising, creating opportunity, inspiring, and entertaining (there’s more, but I’m in support of Mike, not a sycophant.)
c. with regard to social networking becoming stale, even America’s leading agencies and ‘experts’ acknowledge and are adapting to the fastpaced nature of our environment, welcome “enterprise 2.0″. IMO what will happen is that Cerebra along with the rest will grow organically responding to the change, or as the tall-chimney that they are, may even follow the trend and be bought by a larger company.
d. finally, everyone has a role and their space in this world, who are you to judge?

Unfortunately anonymous posters like “jim” don’t help things along with their transparent derailment attempts.