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The Strength of Weakness

The Strength of Weakness

LxJS 2013 closing

Adam Brault

October 03, 2013
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  1. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? I AM FINE. WHAT IS YOUR

    NAME? MY NAME IS JERRY. █
  2. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE WHEN WE ENCOUNTER WEAKNESS IN OTHERS,

    OURSELVES, OUR WORK, OUR COMMUNITIES...?
  3. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE WHEN WE ENCOUNTER WEAKNESS IN OTHERS,

    OURSELVES, OUR WORK, OUR COMMUNITIES...?
  4. Treat a person as they are, we make them worse.

    But take them as they could be and we make them capable of becoming what they should be.
  5. Treat a person as they are, we make them worse.

    But take them as they could be and we make them capable of becoming what they should be.
  6. Treat a person as they are, we make them worse.

    But treat them as they could be and we make them capable of becoming what they should be.
  7. Treat a person as they are, we make them worse.

    But treat them as they could be and we make them capable of becoming what they should be. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  8. Treat a person as they are, we make them worse.

    But treat them as they could be and we make them capable of becoming what they should be. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Treat a person as they are, we make them worse.

    But treat them as they could be and we make them capable of becoming what they should be. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  10. “DO NOT EAT” EVERY TECH COMMUNITY SHOULD KEEP A JAR

    OF SILICON VALLEY ON A SHELF WITH THE LABEL:
  11. FOR WHAT IT ISN’T: ! FOR WHAT IT IS FOR

    WHAT IT COULD BE INSTEAD OF SHAME ! LOVE HOPE
  12. FOR WHAT IT ISN’T: ! FOR WHAT IT IS FOR

    WHAT IT COULD BE INSTEAD OF SHAME ! LOVE HOPE
  13. FOR WHAT IT ISN’T: ! FOR WHAT IT IS FOR

    WHAT IT COULD BE INSTEAD OF SHAME ! LOVE HOPE
  14. JOY