#OSE Open Source Everything – Page 84 – Public Intelligence Blog

Circulating in French among Quebec activists.

[1] A modern state, in my conception of things, must protect its citizens against its own abuses and against the abuses of the mercantile order.

[2] The only way to do this is to identify specific and concrete rights that will enable people living in our area for a decent life “constitutionalising” those rights in a higher law to other laws with a formula easy access to the courts to ensure compliance.

Continue reading “Pierre Cloutier: A Provisional New Constitution for Quebec”

2015/05/312015/05/31

Vatican CIO: Open Source Rocks

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Open source key to preserving human history, argues Vatican

LAS VEGAS: Open source file formats are the only reliable way for humanity to preserve its history in the digital age, according to Vatican Library CIO Luciano Ammenti. Ammenti made the argument during a press session at EMC World attended by V3, citing his experience digitising the Vatican's 82,000 manuscripts as proof. . . . . . Ammenti explained that, in order for the manuscripts to be readable, the Vatican Library opted for open source tools that do not require proprietary platforms, such as Microsoft Office, to be read. “We save it as a picture as it's longer life than a file. You don't rely on PowerPoint or Word. In 50 years they can still just look at it,” he said.

Continue reading “Vatican CIO: Open Source Rocks”

2015/05/312015/05/29

Findhorn: Turning the Tide – A New Global Ethic Where Sustainability and Spirituality Marry

Culture, Design, Governance, Resilience

Turning the Tide – A New Global Ethic Where Sustainability and Spirituality Marry

Giles Hutchins in CSRwire

EXTRACT

As anthropologist Gregory Bateson knew well, our materialistic sense of separation from this cosmic Mind breeds an ‘ecology of bad ideas’ where we delude ourselves in to believing we are separate from and in competition with each other and the world around us. It is this corrupting logic which fuels our carcinogenic way of living. Enter the contagion of consumerism, diabolical socio-economic debt-slavery and rampant cultural psychic atrophy.

2015/05/302015/05/28

Worth a Look: WorldFix

Design, Governance

WorldFix

The World Forum for Institutional Experimentation

Taking on the World's Toughest Problem – Government

2015/05/302015/05/28

OpenDemocracy: Towards a Multipolar Civil Society

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Towards a multipolar civil society

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah and Mandeep Tiwana

OpenDemocracy, 28 May 2015

With the world more multipolar than ever, why is civil society power still disproportionately located in the global North? A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Internationalizing human rights organizations. Español, Português

2015/05/302015/05/28

Sepp Hasslberger: Andy Basiago, Truth & Presidency

Governance

Something interesting to watch. Andy Basiago is shooting – against all odds – for the oval office in the next elections.He is a “far out there” kind of contender who has however, in my opinion, the openness and honesty of someone who isn't a professional politician.He also has a background in covert high tech space operations bypassing NASA in the 1960s and once the facts about our covert space programs emerge, he is in a good position as someone who knows.Take a look at his page and monitor…

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Andy2016/542050492602523/

2015/05/292015/05/27

Sepp Hasslberger: Video (4:52): Bitcoin Report + New Book “Digital Gold”

Money

A good description of Bitcoin in terms people can understand… In my view, Bitcoin is an immensely successful prototype, but not the final form this kind of currency will eventually take.

Wall Street Battling Silicon Valley Over Bitcoin Says ‘Digital Gold’ Author

Email for money.

Bitcoin @ Phi Beta Iota

Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money