Where did this idea come from?
Hello! My name is Ami Dar, and 40 years ago I arrived in Cusco, Peru, a young backpacker with a glimmer of an idea that it should be possible to connect good people all over the world with one another, and with ways to do good.
I bought a notebook and some pencils, and sat down in a coffee shop to start working on a plan for this. 10 years later, with the invention of the Web, those youthful jottings led to Idealist. But I never stopped believing we could do more.
I always believed that together we could do more. The question was how.
If you like reading...
Here's the presentation that I started writing all those years ago. It lays out the rationale for this project, and then invites you to imagine what we could achieve together.
It should take you about 10 minutes to read, preferably on a computer.
Or if you prefer listening to a podcast or watching a live presentation...
Here's the whole video
Here is the whole presentation I did at Creative Mornings (and not just the last few minutes), with my story, the story of Idealist, and the "Why" for all this.
And if podcasts are your thing, here's an interview with Kelly Corrigan from late April. Thanks for listening!