Can You Really Crowdfund A Skyscraper?

“Instead of relying on one developer to finance the $240 million project, a group known as Fidi Global has pushed a different model for the skyscraper: to have Colombians fund the building themselves. After an extensive advertising campaign on billboards, radio, and TV, more than 3,000 people (see the video above) have invested in a share in the building and raised over $145 million so far.”

Do We Need To Reinvent Ethics For The 21st Century?

Howard Gardner: “Given little or nothing new in the human firmament, traditional morality – the ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ as outlined in the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule – should suffice. My view of the matter is quite different. As I see it, human beings and citizens in complex, modern democratic societies regularly confront situations in which traditional morality provides little if any guidance.”

Skin Color Is Not A Problem In British Ballet, Say These Dancers

“On Friday 5 October, at the Birmingham Hippodrome, Céline Gittens and Tyrone Singleton of Birmingham Royal Ballet will dance the lead roles in the company’s production of Swan Lake. In doing so, the pair will turn an important page in the art form’s history. Both are mixed-race, and it will be the first time that the ballerina role has been taken by a non-white dancer.”