William Ledent
- Born : 6/08/1942, Belgium / flemish-dutch part
- Studies : Uni Brussels, mathematics (1960-1964)
- Family : Married, 4 ‘kids’, 7 grandchildren
- Carreer : Part 1 - Official Belgian Aid&cooperation in Africa
as middle-school teacher (1967 -1984):
1 year Congo(Kinshasa), the rest in Senegal
Part 2 - (ministerial) Public service - IT (1985 – 1999) - 2000 - … : Retired
- Contact : william.ledent@telenet.be (nederlands, français, english)
Principal life –engagement : social/political reform – activity, till about 2000. Engagement in several reform-orgs, NGO/aid-organisations, and eventually the very broad movement for an alternative globalization, say type World Social Forum.
2000 - … : reflection on the failure(uselessness?) of the social work altogether, certainly of the reform mouvements.
Motivation for joining the (reflection)group : the problematic past, the problematic present, the problematic future of humanity
Personal reflection/summary : some steppingstones of facts/findings leading to alternative thinking. Alternative thinking, which might be no or much less thinking and much more of an alternative attitude.
