Ghost of Midnight

Google’s Vint Cerf calls for e-Respect

A friend just shared this bit from NPR by Google Vice President Vint Cerf (thanks Nancy).

Once, I was being driven by limo to a hotel in Palm Springs to give a speech. The driver appeared to be in his 60s, and I remember thinking, “How sad that he has to keep working at this menial job.” It turned out, though, that he was the retired CFO of a major Chicago-based corporation who had gotten bored with golf. He took a part-time job driving the hotel’s limo, so he could meet people and stay in touch with the world. He even ended up giving some good advice to me, a financially naive engineer.

I believe that every person deserves respect, and that I can learn something new from everyone. Now, I make a point of asking people about their stories…

He goes on to call for civility on online mediums too. Amen… that’s one of planks of the platform on which Front Porch Forum is built.