SchwartzReport: 25% US Citizens Support Secession & Break-Up of USA + Meta-RECAP

Twenty five per cent of Americans are open to secession and the break up of the United States. To this add that better than 3 out of 4 Americans are unhappy. And that 64 per cent can’t even name the three branches of government. This is a country in crisis. Angry With Washington, 1 in …

Tom Atlee: Factors Supporting Collective Stupidity, Collective Guesstimation, Collective Intelligence, and Collective Wisdom

Factors that support collective intelligence and wisdom Many factors play a role in how collectively intelligent or wise a group, system, or situation is. Here I offer tentative lists of factors that enhance collective stupidity, collective guesstimations (the “wisdom of crowds” phenomenon), collective intelligence, and collective wisdom. I invite readers to add their own thoughts …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 75, June 2014

Free Software Supporter Issue 75, June 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Reset the Net with our Email Self-Defense Guide Join the FSF and allies: strengthen the Tor anti-surveillance network US Supreme Court makes the right decision to nix Alice Corp. patent, but more work needed to end software patents for good Recap of Friday Free Software …

Review: Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

Elinor Ostrom 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Collective Common Sense Relevant to CYBER-Commons Not Just Earth Commons, May 27, 2014 I read this book shortly after I had read Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance (Spectre) and my first impression is that the book should be re-issued in 2015, a quarter-century after …

Richard Stallman: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management

FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 — In response to Mozilla’s announcement that it is reluctantly adopting DRM in its Firefox Web browser, Free Software Foundation executive director John Sullivan made the following statement: “Only a week after the International Day …

Jean Lievens: LOOMIO – building public infrastructure tool for decision-making, held in the commons

BRING LOOMIO TO THE WORLD LOOMIO is free and open-source software for anyone, anywhere, to participate in decisions that affect them. “The world needs a better way to make decisions together. #Loomio is building it. You can help: http://thndr.it/1kaQhmy” We’re a small team of open-source developers, facilitators and activists in New Zealand. On Tuesday March 11, …