Tag Archives: power

The danger of a single story – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Posted on June 30, 2017 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at TED on the danger of a single story and how, as she says: “That is how we create a single story: show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and … Continue reading →

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Define: how power-over works…

Posted on August 10, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

In physics, power is the capacity to do work – like lift a weight or boil water to make steam- work is something that might be exploited in some useful in some way. Human systems are far messier and … Continue reading →

Posted in Difference and Diversity, Emancipate yourself..., Listening | Tagged define, Dr Robin Smith, Klaatu, power, power-over | Comments Off

I’ve Got The Power – Snap!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I’ve got the power, hey, yeah, hey I’ve got the power, hey, yeah, hey Like the crack of the whip, I snap attack Front to back in this thing called rap Dig it like a shovel, rhyme Devil on a … Continue reading →

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the power of networks

Posted on May 13, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

We like networks. In a network no one of us gets to be in charge of the rest of us. No one of us gives ourselves the job of telling the rest what to do and how to do it. Networks mimic nature instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas | Tagged HVNetwork, networks, power, RSAnimate | 1 Comment

the only difference between the sane and the insane…

Posted on October 30, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The only difference between the sane and the insane is the sane have the power to lock up the insane.
Hunter S Thompson Continue reading →

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not being like everybody else is not the same as being sick…

Posted on January 9, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“…if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal , then you are sick. These three categories, not being like everybody else, not being normal and being sick are in fact very different but … Continue reading →

Posted in human diversity, mental diversity, power | Tagged Borg, difference, diversity, institutions ressistance, knowledge, mental diversity, mental illness, Michel Foucault, Phil Thomas, power, sickness | 4 Comments

knowledge and power and lifecrap – Michel Foucault

Posted on January 7, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Michel Foucault rocked the world with his ideas and his efforts to reveal and question the relationships between claims to knowledge, claims to power and authority over others. No claim to authority, no matter how banal, comes without a corresponding … Continue reading →

Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, Philosopy or Pill-osophy ?, power, The Mad Ones | Tagged authority, Foucault, knowledge, Michel Foucault, power, support | 1 Comment

Gabor Maté – The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power

Posted on November 27, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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Brene Brown: the power of vulnerability

Posted on November 17, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

learned a lot the last two years from Garr Reynolds’ books and his blog about design, communicating and about simplyfing. Perhaps the most valuable of what I learned came from following a link on his blog and discovering this talk by Brene Brown at TEDx Huston. Reynolds … Continue reading →