Good infotention advice — it applies, I believe, to the parts of the day when the flow of info online is akin to the flow of thoughts. Info overload is actually attention overload.
Howard Rheingold: Mindfulness
Cultural IntelligenceMichael Kearns: On the Nature of Leadership
Cultural Intelligence
The Nature of Leadership–An Essay
PDF (8 Pages): Kearns Leadership Essay 94
Phi Beta Iota: New perspectives on leadership — long in gestation — are emergent. What jumps out to us are the convergence of leaders as facilitators and educators — not “bosses” — and the expectation that leaders are committed to real change, not simply going through the motions toward retirement and a second job, as all of our so-called leaders do today.
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SchwartzReport: Peter Thiel on the Death of American Democracy – Where He Is Right — And Wrong
Access, Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government
This is about as clear a statement of the noncarbon generation high tech mogul perspective as I have read. The article also gives an accurate, I believe, critique as to where he is in error. Most fundamentally I think Thiel has confused process and specific circumstances. I think democratic government can work very well. It certainly does so in many other countries. There is a reason why Danes are happy, and Americans are not. It is not working well here because of corruption, unlimited money in politics, and the Republican gridlock that has produced, and the compromised nature of our regulatory agencies. There is nothing wrong with the Founders' vision, and everything wrong with its execution. American politics is to the Founders' democratic republic as Fundamentalist Pre-millennial Dispensationlist Christianity is to Jesus' teachings.
Why PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel thinks American democracy is dead
Tom Atlee: On Empathy & Transformation
Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence
Juicy Compilations about Big Empathy and Transformational Conversation
In the last ten days two major compilations have been posted related to the co-intelligence work – one on Big Empathy and one summarizing the work of the Dialogue and Deliberation Transformation initiative in January (“D&DTrans”). Here are overviews and links to both.
Phi Beta Iota: Very highly recommended for full attention — reading and viewing.
Findhorn: Foundations of Fulfillment
Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics
Meeting The Six Foundational Human Needs as a Path to Global Transformation
We have come to a point in our history where we have the opportunity to create a place we can choose to live in integrity with every moment; choosing harmony with ourselves, our circle of friends and family, and our planet as a demonstration of living for The Highest Good of All. The best part is, we can also do this in a way that better fulfills our human needs and provides us lives that are rich, vibrant, and meaningful. This page is about these needs and how simultaneously meeting them all is a necessary step for establishing a culture with cooperative and proactive values as a path to global transformation. Read more.
SchwartzReport: Mind Over Matter
Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth IntelligenceNo economic, political, or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind. By deliberately changing their images of reality, people are changing the world.
SchwartzReport: The Ignorance of Americans
Cultural IntelligenceIf you read SR regularly you may remember the story I ran a few months ago about interviews with college students in which they demonstrated appalling ignorance about American history, but great knowledge about pop stars and cartoon figures. That was not an outlier result, as this report shows. It is clear not just that people don't know the basics, but also that they aren't very interested in learning them. The fact is that Americans may be too ignorant to maintain their democracy.
Millions of Americans Are Embarrassingly Ill-Informed – And They Do Not Care
There must be terrible consequences when ignorance reaches a certain level.
