The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran 5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond 5 Stars, Quick & Dirty Bright Light of Convergence,March 20, 2012 This book was brought to my attention by Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation and chief editor of its wiki. I follow him through Scoop.it and act instantly on his suggestions. The ideas in …
Europe: Updates. In an interview with a French daily on 25 December, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde stressed that Europe’s financial crisis is turning into “a crisis of confidence in public debt and the solidity of the financial system. Greece: According to an IMF source involved in discussions with Greece, the situation in …
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Phi Beta Iota: If there were one book that could be said to have at a minimum lent credence to Occupy when others were scornful, and at best been an inspiration to millions who had ignored many other excellent works in the past dealing with both the corruption of politics and the corruption of finance, …
Introduction to P2P and the Commons as the new paradigm of change When: Sat, December 10, 10am – 11am To succeed in social change, I believe we need 3 things. * a genuine mass movement. As the first native movement and great hope of the digital age that is what #ows is all about. * …
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Lauren Anderson: the “We” of the our collaborative age will replace the “Me” of the industrial age “Is this shift from the Me to the We as significant as the industrial revolution? And should we welcome this revolution with, so to speak, open arms?” Lauren Anderson is the Innovation Director for Collaborative Lab, interviewed here …
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (3): Visioning Emergent Leadership Michel Bauwens 16th November 2011 Excerpted from Sharif Abdullah: “One of the constant mantras of the “Occupy Together” (OT) phenomenon is its “leaderless” nature. I support and applaud this… to a point. Anyone who has come to my workshops over the past ten years …
How Much of the Economy is Friction? Charles Hugh Smith raises the question of how much of the U.S. economy consists of the actual output of goods and services, versus the friction entailed in producing them. As a small example, he cites a physicians’ group that includes ten doctors — and twelve billing clerks. That’s …
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