Reflections are only that, reflections, nothing more nothing less. Often these reflections are related to books I read, but occasionally also other things. These are often written very late, very fast,  using notes from my mobile phone, so the grammar and spelling is horrible.

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Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms, by Hannah Fry
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions, by Stephen Hawking
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Ecological Civilization and the Belt and Road Initiative as a two global concepts
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Global Citizenship in Reality: The 2017 Climathon as a Transformative Event (Keynote)
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CASS Forum, Guangyuan, Sichuan Province: Ecological Civilization (Keynote)
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Zero to one, by Peter Thiel
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The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF)
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Click here to save everything, by Evgeny, Morozov
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross
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Wabi Sabi: the Japanese art of impermanence, by Andrew Juniper
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Remembrance of Earth’s Past (地球往事), a trilogy by Liu Cixin
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Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More, by Matt Parker
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, By Steven Pinker
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Bad books: Some initial thoughts
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A Science/Ethics-matrix for risks in the 21st century, or the problem with “optimism”, and the need for a risk perspective
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The Vegetarian, by Han Kang
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Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
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Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell
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When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
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Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, by Edward O Wilson
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"How Will You Measure Your Life", by Clayton M. Christensen, Karen Dillon and James Allworth
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Too much of a good thing, by Lee Goldman
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The man who knew infinity, by Robert Kanigel
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Notes on the Death of Culture, by Mario Vargas Llosa
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Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Submission, by Michel Houellebecq
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Superforecasting, by Philip Tetlock & Dan Gardner
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The Resurrectionist, by Eric Hudspeth
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Transformative solutions through public procurement - Collaboration pilot between Sweden & India

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Workshop during CII Sustainable & Inclusive Solutions Summit & Exhibition in New Delhi, 15-16 October 2012. A really good session with some interesting outcomes that will help move the pilot forward. Here is the PDF describing the pilot.

Moderator Dennis Pamlin Entrepreneur & Founder, 21st Century Frontiers

Introductory video message Lena Ek Minister for the Environment, Sweden

Speakers Jeanette Hemmingsson Project Leader, National Procurement Services , Sweden

Siva Periasamy Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, WIPRO Limited

Suryanath Gudidevuni AVP & Head Healthcare Services, Apollo Tele Health Services (ATHS)

Suchendra Misra Director (PPD), Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Sachin Joshi Director, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development