Burning Down UNESCO: A Guide To Innovative Fundraising

by Howard Burton

Overview

By a curious set of circumstances, Howard Burton found himself hired as a fundraising consultant at UNESCO's Paris headquarters. Overwhelmed by the bureaucratic double-speak and smug complacency that he encountered everywhere he went, he decided to use his clear-eyed analytical skills to ask a very different sort of question: What, exactly, was UNESCO doing that was actually worth funding in the first place? Filled with his customary dry wit and penetrating observations, this book is another insightful and provocative work of societal commentary from the author of First Principles: Building Perimeter Institute and Exceptionally Upsetting: How Americans are increasingly confusing knowledge with opinion & what can be done about it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771701310
Publisher:	Open Agenda Publishing inc.
Publication date:	03/21/2021
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Howard Burton, the founder and creator of Ideas On Film, holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. Howard was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His experiences at developing PI's research and outreach mandates were described in his book, First Principles: Building Perimeter Institute, featuring a foreword by Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose. For his award-winning initiative Ideas Roadshow, Howard has hosted and filmed in-depth conversations with more than 100 world-leading experts, including 3 Nobel Laureates. Ideas Roadshow conversations reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research while providing behind-the-scenes insights into the world of frontline researchers. For further details visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.

Table of Contents

The Intrepid Idealist

Penetration

The Education Begins

2+3=8 and Other Revelations

A Strategic Error

Burn Before Writing

Historical Investigations

Drowning in Humanism

Lighting the Match

8.6% of the Way

The Problem

Concrete Utopianism 101

Harnessing A Crisis

Hope Springs Eternal