The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Balance, attention, and care May 17, 2013 For us: Two short and so beautiful videos, mindful of our Time. Whole systems balance, interconnected sticks, stones, forests or finance… If we live within such a system – as we do – stop. Take special care. Coheartedly, Tom 1. Palm branch sticks and a feather (7:43) 2. …
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What kind of power, for whom, and for what? Tom Atlee May 9, 2013 In this article I explore current trends in the evolution of power that have profound implications for our future. This is an appreciative critical review of Moises Naim’s new book THE END OF POWER: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to …
Dear friends, Twitter has closed down Posterous.com, the former host of my blog “Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge”. We decided to make this problem into an opportunity. So Co-Intelligence Institute board member John Abbe and I have moved my blog to a new site where it has its own memorable domain name: http://www.tomatleeblog.com/ I …
Dear friends, An invitation to speak has brought me back to some roots of my work I haven’t revisited in some time – the Iroquois Confederacy and its recognition of the intimate tie between democracy and peace – collective wisdom and collective tranquility. Peace between people requires their respectful, insight-seeking conversation. It requires, as Oren …
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Dear friends, Below is an excellent summary of a very high leverage economic system change opportunity – state banks. A single example already exists in the U.S: the little-known but revolutionary state-owned Bank of North Dakota. State banks simultaneously address the problems of unemployment, lack of financial resources for state and local governments (including rising …
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On the Relation Between P2P Systems and Wisdom-Generating Forums – P2P Foundation WHAT DO “WISE DEMOCRACY” AND POWERFUL DIALOGUE AND DELIBERATION PROCESSES HAVE TO DO WITH PEERNESS? P2P systems generate self-organization out of similarities and power equity: People eagerly move into productive/enjoyable relationships because of passions or needs they share with similar others when their …
The wisdom of the fringes? In the end, I believe that those who call forth the most collective intelligence and wisdom will be those who can manifest – and help others manifest – two vital capacities: 1. the ability to include more of what is normally overlooked and excluded and 2. the ability to use …
