VIDEO: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Global economic development should be a process by which local people are empowered to change their own lives — not an intervention of rich countries who come to “save.” Here, William Kamkwamba shares the moving tale of how he used technology and knowledge to change his own circumstances.

People Skills

Look for backchannels: The dead giveaway that someone isn’t listening while you’re speaking

Generations

My mom handed me a ‘Health and Beauty for Women’ book from 1923. It’s oddly not terrible.

Her friends are surprised she’s sick. Her answer stops them in their tracks.

Climate

The most dramatic proof of our current climate catastrophe ever caught on camera