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“Program or Be Programmed,” Remaking Our World

http://shareable.net/blog/program-or-be-programmed Shareable presents an excerpt from Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age, Rushkoff’s introduction to his bold-yet-accessible work. On Tuesday, October 12, Shareable will run an exclusive interview with Rushkoff, followed with an online discussion on October 13 and 14 between Rushkoff and the entire Shareable community. We invite you to …

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“The Century of the Self”: Must-See Documentary on Psychology, Advertising, Consumerism and Control

FULL VIDEO HERE Century of the Self (ADAM CURTIS) DOCUMENTARY DESCRIPTION Episode 1: Happiness Machine Episode 2: The Engineering of Consent Episode 3: There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed Episode 4: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering CENTURY OF THE SELF asks the deep questions about the roots and …

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Journal: From Dump to City, Bottom-Up Visioning

B-TOWN – How Burien came into its own. (Trailer) A sample of a documentary that shows the creative heart that sustains a community regardless of what happens. Grass roots democracy in action. Updated version. Category: Nonprofits & Activism Tip of the Hat to Anne M. Stadler in Lake Forest Park, WA.

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Hyperlink-Notes on the Future of Education (and the future is now) from Bits to Bots

There are differences between “learning” and “education,” but hopefully more people can be inspired to blur the two further than we currently see happening. Open Courseware, Audio and Video: Open Courseware Consortium M.I.T. Open Courseware M.I.T. open courseware YouTube channel List of courses by subject (May 2007) The University of Chicago on iTunes U, University …

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Event: Rethinking US Grand Strategy & Foreign Policy

SCHEDULED SEMINARS | SEMINAR SPECIFICS |  QUESTIONS? The Rethinking Seminar Series produced by the Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory has been underway for six years. The Seminars  bring together distinguished speakers and interested professionals in free, informal discussions on a wide range of national security topics.  The seminars occur approximately monthly in Arlington, VA, near the Pentagon.  …

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Worth a Look: The Movie Behind the Coffee Party

Movie Review 9500 Liberty A look at demagogues’ fearful power: ‘9500 Liberty’ tells how bias burned county “9500 Liberty,’’ a documentary about the recent bitter struggle over illegal immigration in Virginia’s Prince William County could be studied in film classes as a model of advocacy journalism. Filmmakers Annabel Park and Eric Byler are obviously on …

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