The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Las Indias about changing the way social networks are configured … to get more meaningful relations and conversations – will it work?
GNU social: Federation against the social model of Twitter
“Federation issues” may look like a “bug”, but they are really the result of an agreement, an implicit contract: to be part of a conversation on another node, I first have to have received the trust of someone who is taking part in it.
Crowdsourcing Point Clouds for Disaster Response
Point Clouds, or 3D models derived from high resolution aerial imagery, are in fact nothing new. Several software platforms already exist to reconstruct a series of 2D aerial images into fully fledged 3D-fly-through models. Check out these very neat examples from my colleagues at Pix4D and SenseFly: Read more.
DOC (6 Pages): LRC General Information Packet
MoveOn, MomsRising, and now LivingRoomConversations
Generic meaningful social experiments in nurturing citizens in community. Note that the issue to be addressed communally is presented in Round 3, Rounds 1 and 2 are about building trust & understanding. There are a total of 5 rounds in two hours.
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Continue reading “Joan Blades: Living Room Conversations Primer”
This is the new short brief (4 slides) that is being circulated to those interested in having a conversation about electoral reform in 2015 and what it might mean in relation to electing an honest effective government in 2016.
PPT (4): Electoral Reform New Briefing 1.2
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Continue reading “Open Power: Electoral Reform Short Brief (4 Slides)”
Joan Blades, the brilliant human that created MoveOn and Moms Rising, is now leading a new movement and meme, Living Room Conversations. Below is the first draft of what has gone forward for possible elevation to a national conversation about THE issue of our day.
NOTE: The critical genius of Joan's concept is the conversation first focuses on building understanding and trust face to face without regard to any issues. Appreciation for one another comes first. We consider this vastly more important than any transpartisan or activist movement because it crosses all boundaries and goes directly to “root” — our shared humanity.
