Nicely written interview, but I hate to say I am a little skeptical the "Daily Good" would consider him a "hero" in any sense, unless I missed something. What he says is not so new, as you can watch the movie "Thrive" etc. He compares himself (though indirectly) to be somewhat like Gandhi and Mother Theresa and Martin L. King, to whom he refers to have initially been "nobodies" (I disagree with that, it just took a while for them to be recognized). What has he done since he was a former CEO of Visa, to have even come close to have an impact and passion for justice for humanity ?The statement : "All you have to do is take a long look at a snowflake, reflect on a forest, ponder the neurons in your brain—or use your Visa card—and you will begin to appreciate the intricate, manifold hive of pulsing impulses " sounds kind of like intellectual propaganda and at the same time "advertising" to me. I know of people who actually work at Visa in Miami and Visa is no worse and no better than any other Credit card company. He does have some good ideas about evolution etc, but I think even the movie "Thrive" has a little more positive spin on our current possibilities. Credit Card companies have been a part of the problem with their unfair billing practices exploiting especially the low income people and students and many more things for people to research as far as their influence is concerned. How again did he help "Visa" to be different and helpful to humanity on a global scale ? Did Visa not participate in the same practices as Master Card, American Express etc are? Or did he come to the realization how harmful many of our institutions/corporations can be if they have corrupt or unjust practices, AFTER he was a CEO of Visa ? And what kind of work is he doing now to help humanity besides talking about and writing about the "two possibilities" that might happen to humanity (one of them he refers to sort of casually would cause a lot of destruction and suffering, WHAT ALL IS HE DOING to help prevent the "worse scenario" to take place ?) Is he just enjoying the money and popularity he gained from being a CEO at Visa or really helping to change the world around ? It would be like Mr King or Mother Teresa or Gandhi saying " these injustices, political violence/war and starvation are part of the "evolutionary process" so let's observe and philosophy which way it is going to go, which way is humanity going to choose. Instead they worked hard, sacrificed and lived exemplary (though not necessarily perfect ) lives. I actually never heard of Dee Hock before and maybe he is like another Gandhi or Mother Teresa or so, I just failed to be able to pick that up in the article....just saying
On May 30, 2013 Reginita wrote:
Nicely written interview, but I hate to say I am a little skeptical the "Daily Good" would consider him a "hero" in any sense, unless I missed something. What he says is not so new, as you can watch the movie "Thrive" etc. He compares himself (though indirectly) to be somewhat like Gandhi and Mother Theresa and Martin L. King, to whom he refers to have initially been "nobodies" (I disagree with that, it just took a while for them to be recognized). What has he done since he was a former CEO of Visa, to have even come close to have an impact and passion for justice for humanity ?The statement : "All you have to do is take a long look at a snowflake, reflect on a forest, ponder the neurons in your brain—or use your Visa card—and you will begin to appreciate the intricate, manifold hive of pulsing impulses " sounds kind of like intellectual propaganda and at the same time "advertising" to me. I know of people who actually work at Visa in Miami and Visa is no worse and no better than any other Credit card company. He does have some good ideas about evolution etc, but I think even the movie "Thrive" has a little more positive spin on our current possibilities. Credit Card companies have been a part of the problem with their unfair billing practices exploiting especially the low income people and students and many more things for people to research as far as their influence is concerned. How again did he help "Visa" to be different and helpful to humanity on a global scale ? Did Visa not participate in the same practices as Master Card, American Express etc are? Or did he come to the realization how harmful many of our institutions/corporations can be if they have corrupt or unjust practices, AFTER he was a CEO of Visa ? And what kind of work is he doing now to help humanity besides talking about and writing about the "two possibilities" that might happen to humanity (one of them he refers to sort of casually would cause a lot of destruction and suffering, WHAT ALL IS HE DOING to help prevent the "worse scenario" to take place ?) Is he just enjoying the money and popularity he gained from being a CEO at Visa or really helping to change the world around ? It would be like Mr King or Mother Teresa or Gandhi saying " these injustices, political violence/war and starvation are part of the "evolutionary process" so let's observe and philosophy which way it is going to go, which way is humanity going to choose. Instead they worked hard, sacrificed and lived exemplary (though not necessarily perfect ) lives. I actually never heard of Dee Hock before and maybe he is like another Gandhi or Mother Teresa or so, I just failed to be able to pick that up in the article....just saying