Worth a Look: Education and Our Divided World

DIFFERING WORLDVIEWS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Two Scholars Argue Cooperatively about Justice Education Four Arrows Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, USA and Walter Block Loyola University, New Orleans, USA Publisher’s Summary: Two noted professors on opposite sides of the cultural wars come together and engage in “cooperative argumentation.” One, a “Jewish, atheist libertarian” and the other …

Tom Atlee Proposes distributed-intelligence, crowd-sourcing participatory think tank for popular common-sense policies, unhindered by party affiliations and ideology

Phi Beta Iota: There is no other person we hold in higher esteem than Tom Atlee.  For America the Beautiful, at least, he is this generation’s Wise Man.  Below in his own words.  We urge one and all to contribute to his sustenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . …

Reference: Citizenship Versus Transpartisanship

TRANSPARTISANSHIP AND MOVING BEYOND PARTISANSHIP by Tom Atlee What is “transpartisanship”?  In its most common usage, “transpartisan” seems to refer to partisans from across the political spectrum coming together in civil conversation. I love the term, but find myself thinking of it as a transitional phenomenon.  A partisan is a strong (even militant) supporter of …

Worth a Look: Liberty Stickers

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Reflections on Convergence in 2012, Emergence Unknowable

Executive Summary: Extremes are in active conflict today within the USA, with Transpartisan Upwising being one extreme and the No Labels “Non-Party” being another extreme.  They join the dysfunctional extremists of the two-party tyranny/bi-opoly.  Not yet emergent is a co-creative function that brings together public money, public knowledge, and a public process to create a …

Reference: WikiLeaks Interview in Forbes–Promoting Business Ethics

Andy Greenberg The Firewall Nov. 29 2010 Fascinating article, including leaks in the pipeline (banks), whistleblowers, censorship, his story, trying to stop leaks, spying, untrustful competitors, secrecy, war, field of intelligence, etc.  … “our primary defense isn’t law, but technology…courage is contagious” (p.8) —  JAS Forbes Cover Story . . . Forbes Transcript Following is …