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The Company We Keep

Dear Reader,
This blog is now an archive. John Abrams (Founder of South Mountain, author of this blog, and a book of the same name) retired on December 31, 2022. All posts published up until this date are preserved below.

For updates on John's next chapter, visit abramsangell.com.

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Griftopia

A Happy New Year for All

December 31, 2010 by John Abrams 1 Comment

This year is all done.

That’s good.  I feel like I’ve “been rode hard and put away wet.”  I’m ready for  the New Year.  Here are some random things I hope for  in 2011:

•  Health in my house. . .  and yours.

•  To remember that there are two parts to a crisis – reacting to the immediate with urgent solutions, and adapting long term to the new reality that results from the initial crisis.

•  Rewarding work for all.  Paul Hawken once said, “We are the only species without full employment.”  Isn’t there anything that needs to be done?

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Filed Under: Design, South Mountain Company Tagged With: Backshoring, Cape Wind, Griftopia, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Hawken

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