Howard Rheingold: Filtering – from Information Deluge to Context with JP Rangaswami

JP Rangaswami’s thoughtful series of blog posts on the why and how of filtering online info-flows is a fundamental infotention text. Instead of Scooping all seven, I’ve Scooped this blog post by Jon Reed that summarizes and links to all seven parts. Filtering JP Rangaswami – from information deluge to context Jon Reed diginomica, 7 …

John Maguire: Stockholm Syndrome of the Soul – Proto-Intelligence for the Evolution of Collective Thought

*A Stockholm Syndrome of the Soul: Proto-Intelligence for the Evolution of Collective Thought* *Preface* “[Nothing] is [certain]. There is so much mystery involving consciousness…these are just ideas to play around with and to entertain rather than [some] new form of certitude.” – Jeremy Narby, Anthropologist and Author of The Cosmic Serpent This book is not …

Transition Network Game Plan: 12 Ingredients

The twelve key ingredients to the Transition model To begin with, it is important to note that although the term “Transition Town” has stuck, what we are talking about are Transition Cities, Transition Islands, Transition Hamlets, Transition Valleys, Transition Anywhere-You-Find-People. These ingredients are not designed to be followed slavishly – like a good recipe in …