Review: Cosmic Weather Report — Notes from the Edge of the Universe

Mark Borax and Ellias Lonsdale Phenomenal Starting Point for Anyone Opening Up, May 24, 2011 Disclosure: I bought this book because I am negotiating a contract with the publisher for a book in their new Manifesto series (tentative title: Manifesto for Truth–Public Intelligence in the Public Interest). I wanted to get a “sense” of where …

Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Sam Rose

Samuel Rose created Socialsynergyweb.com to help people deal with the complexities of knowledge, understanding, change, human systems, evolution, foresight, cooperation and collaboration, and technology. This business is now integrated into both Forward Foundation and Future Forward Institute. He is a principal contributor to the Autonomous Internet Road Map. He is interested in effective knowledge synthesis, …

Who’s Who in Cultural Intelligence: Jon Lebkowsky

Jon’s  bio is under the photo.  He is one of the originals, including a book co-edited with Mitch Ratcliffe (a co-founder of Earth Intelligence Network), Extreme Democracy (Lulu.com, 2004).  Below is his latest update. Irons in the fire: Plutopia Productions projects are on fire… including the Plutopia 2011 event during SXSW and the Plutopia News …

Review: The Amish Way–Patient Faith in a Perilous World

Donald B. Kraybill Steven M. Nolt David L. Weaver-Zercher Three World-Class Authors on Amish Create Single Distillation November 28, 2010 I bought this book because two colleagues, Howard Rheingold and Kevin Kelly, are both working on books about the Amish in relation to technology, with the key thought being that when the Amish adopt or …

My Talk With Tom Atlee: Primer on Citizen Intelligence

Robert David Steele Serial pioneer, hacking humanity. – – – – – – – Posted: October 19, 2010 09:13 AM My Talk With Tom Atlee: Primer on Citizen Intelligence Click on Title to Read at Huffington Post and do Comments. On the left, asking these questions, Tom Atlee, co-founder of the Co-Intelligence Institute and author …