Marco Visscher

Hi, I'm the Managing Editor at Ode magazine. I was 22 when I joined Ode after leaving the Dutch national newspaper Trouw, where I had tried cynicism—but the standard journalist viewpoint didn’t work for me. At Ode, I could be the optimist I’ve always been. In the pages of Ode I’ve written about numerous things—from the emergence of a collaborative culture, to the way innovative ideas find their way to the mainstream, and from the relation between food and crime, to how businesses are tackling global poverty. When Ode opened a U.S. office in March of 2007, my wife Neeltje and I moved from Rotterdam to San Francisco. What a great city! I’m curious to learn about books that present a counter-intuitive idea (The Wisdom of Crowds, A Perfect Mess, The Paradox of Choice) and about people and organizations that achieve great things in a great way. Also, I'm a big advocate of open borders: not just for capital, products and services, but also for people. I'm interested in promoting freedom of movement more prominently as a basic human right that needs to be addressed in the public debate about migration. If you know of any books and organizations that are working on this issue, I'd love to hear from you. You can reach me at marco[at]odemagazine[dot]com.