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RSA Comment · 3d ago

Governance in society

We rely heavily on regulation and rules when trying to tackle individual and organisational misbehavior. According to Mark Thriscutt FRSA, this breeds a victim culture and can be economically crippling. He argues for a more flexible approach, which emphasises personal responsibility. Every soci

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RSA Comment · 4d ago

RSA Animate – The Power of Networks

In this RSA Animate, Manuel Lima senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world. Taken from a lecture given by Manuel Lima as part of the RSA’s free public events programme.

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RSA Comment · 2W ago

Joining the crowdfunders

When seeking support for new enterprises, we should not just look to government and private investors, writes Ed Whiting FRSA, a co-founder of a crowdfunding business. He argues that the RSA is well placed to become a beacon of crowdfunding for enterprise. The recent RSA Jobs Summit has provoke

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RSA Comment · 2W ago

What is a good teacher?

In the wake of the Education Select Committee’s report on Great Teachers’ this week, Ndidi Okezie, Teach First ambassador and Assistant Principal at Burlington Danes Academy in West London, asks ‘What is a good teacher?’ Things have changed. That was the first clear thought I had after encounte

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RSA Comment · 2W ago

Digital media and urban spaces

By the end of 2012, it is predicted that networked devices will account for a fifth of internet traffic, logging and processing in various ways the ‘behaviour’ of the street. Barbara Anderson FRSA argues we all share a responsibility to shape how these technologies will shape our lives. Over th

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RSA Comment · 4W ago

Time to celebrate recovery?

The stigmatisation and misunderstanding of addiction can only be overcome when recovering addicts are prepared to share their stories, according to Beth Burgess. She argues until more people join her, the vicious circle of secrecy and shame will continue. The British have a very special way of

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RSA Comment · 1M ago

Illuminating Indigenous Ideas

The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are often characterised as helpless victims of 21st century expansion and development. Patrick de Flufy argues that this characterisation is inaccurate and ignores the complex reality on the ground. From the isolated tribes that get contacted by the outside

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RSA Comment · 1M ago

Driving young people out

Learning to drive is increasingly expensive and out of the reach of many young people, whose chances of securing work – already reduced – are further diminished if they cannot drive. David Homewood FRSA argues that insurance companies need to be encouraged to find ways of overcoming this barrie

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RSA Comment · 1M ago

Creative and collaborative

In the last year the headlines highlighted large-scale, sometimes violent, rejections of the status quo. Tessy Britton FRSA argues it was also a year in which citizen-led creative and collaborative local projects came into their own. As regular citizens, we have a number of well-established ro

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RSA Comment · 1M ago

The people’s Olympiad

Martin Willis FRSA directed an intercultural community project as part of the West Midland 2012 Cultural Olympiad earlier this year. He argues that more time should be spent celebrating this kind of grass roots activity, which captures the spirit of the people’s Olympics. On Tuesday 13 March, o

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