The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Transitional Internet by jonl on April 13, 2011 I continue to be focused on the future of the Internet and aware of divergent paths. In the later 2000s, following a period of digital and media convergence and given broad adoption of evolving high speed (broadband) network connectivity, the Internet has become an environment for mixed …
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Volunteers Behind Libya Crisis Map: A True Story Patrick Meier, iRevolutiion, 8 March 2011 My colleague Clay Shirky called it “Cognitive Surplus” in his recent book. Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams refer to it as “MacroWikinomics” in theirs. What is cognitive surplus? The trillion hours of free time enjoyed by the world’s educated population every …
Venessa Miemis is a futurist and digital ethnographer, researching the impacts of social technologies on society and culture and designing systems to facilitate innovation and the evolution of consciousness. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Media Studies at the New School in NYC. She is the principal organizer with Doug Rushkoff of CONTACT, a …
Venessa Miemis is a futurist and digital ethnographer, researching the impacts of social technologies on society and culture and designing systems to facilitate innovation and the evolution of consciousness. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Media Studies at the New School in NYC. She is the principal organizer with Doug Rushkoff of CONTACT, a …
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UPDATED TO PROVIDE OPEN WIKI PAGE Conceived and facilitated by Douglas Rushkoff, Contact seeks to explore and realize the greater promise of social media to promote new forms of culture, commerce, collective action, and creativity. Bringing together technologists, artists, activists, businesspeople, funders, and other stakeholders in the networked future, this summit will hatch new ideas, …
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Douglas Rushkoff Table of Contents I. TIME Do Not Be “Always On” II. PLACE Live in Person III. CHOICE You May Always Choose “None of the Above” IV. COMPLEXITY You Are Never Completely Right V. SCALE One Size Does Not Fit All VI. IDENTITY Be Yourself VII. SOCIAL Do Not Sell Your Friends VIII. FACT …
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Facebook hype will fade By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN All signs for Facebook appear to be pointing up. Mark Zuckerberg is Time’s Man of the Year, the movie about him seems likely to be an Oscar winner, and now Goldman Sachs is raising $1.5 billion from its favorite investors on behalf of the social …
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