The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Diversity is as big as the universe Diversity is difference. It is a natural phenomenon, intimately related to uniqueness and identity. There is a rich world of discovery awaiting us when we are ready to fully encounter our diversity. But first we have to lift our heads above the bustle around us and look at …
Gifting – and the gifting and the gifting economy Dear friends, For years I’ve known people who gave away their professional services as a gift, explicitly encouraging (though not requiring) gifts in return to allow them to continue their work. I’ve also loved the idea of “paying it forward” – enjoying as a gift …
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Liberating the “Innate Intelligence of the Body Politic” by Terry Patten On Sunday, July 15th, longtime Washington DC attorney and natural health advocate, Jim Turner, joined me for an inspiring conversation on what he calls the “innate intelligence of the body politic.” It was unlike any of my previous dialogs, focusing (on the surface) not on …
Edgar Morin 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Spectacular,July 12, 2012 This is one of a handful of books I will not donate to the library as has been my custom. I first learned of this author through his work Homeland Earth : A Manifesto for the New Millennium (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity …
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Vibrant, effective responses to disaster? As powerful economic, ecological, and social imbalances work themselves out in and around our lives, we face some pretty hard times – some of us already, some of us more than others, most of us increasingly. Each of us hopes we can ameliorate the impacts on ourselves, our communities and …
Phi Beta Iota: Peer to Peer (P2P) is the foundation for Panarchy, and Open Source Everything is the method. P2P includes one to many and many to one as well as ever-changing mixtures of grids of interest and influence. Above all it is about the primacy of the individual over the institution. As of 2 …
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The Open Source Everything Manifesto Robert David Steele Reality Sandwich, 13 June 2012 The following is excerpted from The Open-Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, & Trust published by Evolver Editions, an imprint of North Atlantic Books. The circumstances underlying this manifesto are stark and compelling: We are at the end of a five-thousand-year-plus historical process …
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