Writing about that game, among other things, in this post (that breaks new media ground as a review in one magazine’s website of another magazine’s special edition on sports heroes), Giles Harvey reflects:

…he ends up missing—it’s the greatest goal never scored—but that hardly matters. If anything, the fact that he misses seems to intensify the aesthetic quality of the move. (As though Pelé were interested in something as utilitarian as scoring goals!)

The moment seemed to me to represent a summit not just of sporting prowess but of human civilization itself. Watching it, I felt what might be described as species pride: look what we’re able to do!

That could also serve as a description of what we see, on a good day, in the work we do. Social entrepreneurship is filled with scenes like that: collaborative dummy plays that are inspiring, elegant solutions even if they do not score in the ultimate sense.  They give reason to believe, when otherwise it is difficult to be optimistic, that around the next bend is victory.