A rising star in the Science Fiction (SF) world and a New York Times notable author, Karl Schroeder divides his time between writing fiction and consulting—chiefly in the area of Foresight Studies and technology. http://www.kschroeder.com
Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: James Turner
Alpha Q-U, Earth IntelligenceJames S. Turner, is the chair of Citizens for Health Action Group, the national nonprofit consumer advocacy group working to broaden health care options, create an integrative health system based on wellness, and advance the freedom to make health choices. He is the author of The Chemical Feast: The Nader Report on the Food and Drug Administration.
Mr. Turner represents businesses as well as individuals and consumer groups in a wide variety of regulatory matters concerning food, drug, health, environmental and product-safety matters. He has appeared before every major consumer regulatory agency, including the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Federal Trade Commission, as well as the Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health. Mr. Turner has served as special counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Food, Nutrition, and Health and to the Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Research.
He is a graduate of The Ohio State University School of Law.
In the electoral reform arean, he is, with Don Beck, an original copnceptualizer of the term “transpartisanship” (used by the left–the right uses post-partisanship while the middle uses non-partisanship). With Larwence Chickering he has authored a transpartisan volume, Voice of the People: The Transpartisan Imperative in American Life, depicted below.
Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Marc Stamos
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Marc Stamos contends that social, economic, and environmental objectives—far from being mutually exclusive—are intrinsically linked. www.REBEARTH.com.
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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Alex Steffen
Alpha Q-U, Collective IntelligenceAlex Steffen has been the Executive Editor of Worldchanging since he co-founded the organization in 2003, as the next phase in a lifetime of work exploring ways of building a better future. Steffen was also the editor of Worldchanging's wildly successful first book, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Abrams, 2006), a 600-page compendium of writings from more than sixty noted leaders around the world,
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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Alvin & Heidi Toffler
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Alvin & Heidi Toffler
Alvin and Heidi Toffler are the original researchers, visionaries, cartographers, path-finders, and mentors for a legion of pioneers who have created the future. The writing is but the tip of the their influential iceberg–their personal relationships worldwide, and the manner in which they inspire and introduce special people to one another, is without equal in this world.
Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Joe Trippi
Alpha Q-U, Public IntelligenceJoe Trippi helped rock democracy when he, Joe Costello, and Zephyr Teachout created “The Big Bat” for Howard Dean. He is one of the 24 co-founders of the Earth Intelligence Network, and specifically responsible for visualizing how individual citizens can eliminate corporate and other special interest money from all political and advocacy campaigns. His book, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, is one of the standards in the field and preceeded the many other books about bottom-up public power.
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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Mark Tovey
Alpha Q-U, Collective IntelligenceMark Tovey is doing his Ph.D. in the Advanced Cognitive Engineering Lab at the Institute for Cognitive Science at Carleton University, and is editor of WorldChanging Canada. ‘Mass Collaboration, open source, and social entrepreneurship' is based on a poster which can be found at www.marktovey.ca. He is the editor of the first book striving to present a comprehensive overview of the emerging discipline of Collective Intelligence.
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