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Worth a Look: “Liberation Technology”

Program on Liberation Technology (Stanford University, California) Liberation Technology Newsletter (Winter 2010, Stanford University, California) Liberation Technology International Research (Stanford University, California) Seminar on Technology for Developing Regions (Stanford University, California) Designing Liberation Technologies (Stanford University, California) Technology of Liberation?  Activists Get Their Own Smartphone (Huffington Post) Liberation Technology and Digital Activism (Meta-Activism Project) Is …

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Tikkun Rabbi Michael Lerner: Mandela’s Utilitarianism and the Struggle for Liberation

Tikkun’s Contributing Editor Stephen Zunes shows why non-violence became so significant in the struggle for liberation in South Africa.  Mandela’s utilitarianism and the struggle for liberation STEPHEN ZUNES 13 December “Mandela was a great leader because he recognized that the movement had become a civil insurrection, a largely nonviolent struggle. A great leader is one who …

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Tom Atlee: Bias warps reason. Does deliberation ameliorate that?

Research shows that individuals bend facts and math to align with their existing views. But does this happen when they’re in high quality interactive deliberative forums? A recent Salon article “Study Proves That Politics and Math Are Incompatible” reports that research led by Yale law professor Dan Kahan demonstrates that “it’s easier than we think …

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Venessa Miemis: Facebook — Liberation or Control Tool?

Is Facebook a Liberator or The Man? This post is highlighting content areas for The Future of Facebook project, a six-part video series exploring the impacts of social networking technologies on our lives and business. Social networks are a tool for activism and civic engagement, as well as a means of control, manipulation, and surveillance. What …

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Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) — a Nordic Manifesto

This is what I am taking to the Nordics. Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) Robert D. Steele, Earth Intelligence Network Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) is affordable, inter-operable, and scalable to the five billion poor now neglected by industrial-era engineers. Data-driven, a design revolution could enable the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) within …

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