Thinkers and practitoners

Watched this great Ted talk and was deeply inspired.... I just love the way this guy uses philosophy in a practical way .... I fall firmly into the Dionysian category as he presents it there. His thoughts on how our obsession with perfect forms are dangerous for the environment tie very well in with Taleb's thoughts on our tendency for platonicity and its dangers. I personally find that a lot of what makes for problems in my professional life stems from this problem (in others) ....