Freedom Box Reflections

Autonomous Internet [or Autonomous Free Distributed Internet for the elderly] is the new meme in town, inspired by the role of Facebook and Twitter as well as the rapidly developed Internet Work-Arounds that were developed by a huge network of great-hearted citizens. Freedom Box is an idea, not a capability, but it holds enormous potential, …

Internet Freedom–The Public Dialog Continues

SOURCE: P2P Foundation Category:P2P Infrastructure This is a specialization of our general Technology section, focusing more explicitely on the ‘true internet’ or distributed P2P infrastructures.  It is being updated over the next week or so. On the overall perspective of the P2P Foundation: What Digital Commoners Need To Do, a meditation on the strategic phases …

Video: MAD AS HELL (by the late Aaron Russo) about a Republic of Corporations, Banking, and the Dying Breed of Individual Freedom

This is the first video part of eleven parts on YouTube. This video (1990’s) by the late Aaron Russo earned him a visit from Nicholas Rockefeller around the time Russo was running for governor of Nevada as stated in this video interview before he died in 2007. Part two reveals Russo’s commentary on “totalitarianism” disguised …

Event: 3-5 Nov 2010, Barcelona Spain, Drumbeat Festival 2010: Learning, freedom and the web

The web is changing how we learn. It surrounds us with a massive and remixable tapestry of perspectives, facts and data. It gives us the freedom to learn whatever we want at our own speed and in our own way. It lets us become our own teachers. Fundamentally: the free and open nature of the …

Journal: Freedom of Speech, Personhood, & Corporations Ubber Alles–You Will Be Assimilated

After reading this report by my good friend Werther, I would urge you to compare Werther’s analysis to the “inside the beltway,” K Street analyses published in today’s Washington Post — then decide which you like better. Chuck Spinney High Court Decrees Existence of Corporate Übermensch By Werther (Pseudonym) Electric Politics January 22, 2010 The …