Seth Godin: Organization, Movement, or Philosophy?

Organization vs. movement vs. philosophy An organization uses structure and resources and power to make things happen. Organizations hire people, issue policies, buy things, erect buildings, earn market share and get things done. Your company is probably an organization. A movement has an emotional heart. A movement might use an organization, but it can replace …

AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga

Subject: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga By Joe Bageant Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can …

Reference: Crisis Mapping

Recommended: see http://p2pfoundation.net/Crisis_Mapping, part of http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Geography and updated via http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Mapping See Also: Autonomous [Free, Distributed] Internet

TCP/IP Alternative Solution Scenarios

From Scott at SolarNetOne via GoogleGroup on DistributedDecentralizedInternet TCP/IP over quantum entanglement TCP/IP over frequency ranges not yet used … http://www.blazelabs.com/pics/em_spectplanck.gif TCP/IP over Tesla’s scalar impulses Phi Beta Iota: DuckDuckGo stacks added. See Also: Free Space Optics Contextual Comment Below the Line

Participatory Budgeting Practices, Games, Resources

Dear friends, Recently I’ve seen a swirl of information (mostly on the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation listserv) about participatory budgeting.  Below, you’ll find a sampling of this info, in relatively raw form.  I do not know enough to sort it all out, but it looks really fascinating. Most of this material is about …