I recently came across the term Greenfinger (source - Financial Times) which I had never heard of before. Had you?
It was apparently coined in 2008 by a guy named David Victor - a climate expert. He used it to describe a “self-appointed protector of the planet” - someone who in the process of funding some big, risky, climate-saving scheme, would unintentionally end up doing substantial harm than benefit.
Today, practically everyone above a certain net worth has a World-Saving Project or WSP - so technically any of them could end being a Greenfinger…
Elon Musk ($225B) - has pledged $100M to the winners of his XPrize for carbon capture;
George Soros ($7.16B) - wants to refreeze the Arctic;
Jeff Bezos ($153B) - $10B grant-giving Bezos Earth Fund;
Former Reddit chief Yishan Wong - intends to plant a trillion trees.
That’s it - just wanted to share this random new word called Greenfinger that I hadn’t heard of before - and what it means. Now you know. I am not sure what you will do with this knowledge - but that’s a different point altogether I guess! :D
Moving on to the other two things…
Thing 1 - Does a unique vision lead to a company’s success?
I was reading a book where the author made a good point - I share that in this short 2 min video below (#CoreFinds).
Thing 2 - Lava lamps
Did you know about them? I didn’t - till I read this article - and I was like - wow, really? This much fight to generate a truly random number? But then also, how beautiful!
Alright, so now you know what a Greenfinger is + 2 more things. See you soon. Keep doing more of what brings you joy and less of what sucks it away! Best wishes!