Magzine Jan-Feb 2007

SPIRIT

The power of intention

A lesson from sports champions: The power of intention changes reality. Your health. Your career. Your world.

 

The Golden Inferno

Ben Okri offers a message from the house that was a country.

 

BUSINESS

The boss who breaks all the rules

Ricardo Semler's employees set their hours, determine their salaries and choose their bosses. Meet the Brazilian businessman who does everything differently.

 

LIFE

Another world is possible

A conversation with Chico Whitaker, founder of the World Social Forum and latest winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize

 

A new uproar over The Da Vinci Code

Protests about the book and movie spread to the Muslim world, uniting disparate believers.

 

Laughing at Osama

Muslim stand-up comic Shazia Mirza shatters taboos all around.

 

Pulling themselves up by their keyboards

By bringing computers into slums, an Indian physicist shows that illiterate children can educate themselves - and help their country progress.

 

HEALTH

Raging hormones

Everyday chemicals affect children's sexual development

 

Supplementing global health

Howard Schiffer and Vitamin Angels are saving the world one multivitamin at a time

 

SCIENCE

This little light of mine

A revolutionary new light bulb uses so little energy it can last decades

 

ARTICLE

Why God leaves us alone

And why, according to Deepak Chopra, that's a very good thing