Howard Rheingold: Cooperation Theory

Introduction to Cooperation Theory A six week course using asynchronous forums, blogs, wikis, mindmaps, social bookmarks, synchronous audio, video, chat, and Twitter to introduce the fundamentals of an interdisciplinary study of cooperation: social dilemmas, institutions for collective action, the commons, evolution of cooperation, technologies of cooperation, and cooperative arrangements in biology from cells to ecosystems. …

Cynthia McKinney: Media Contrived Fog of War

Coy’s article was edited; this is the edited version that appears in PolyMic. Media Fog of War Coy McKinney An embedded reporter snaps war footage. The U.S. military-industrial complex and media work together to propagate the agenda of government. NATO’s decision to intervene in Libya on humanitarian grounds has become an alarming and revealing assessment …

Builders of the Next Net

this is the second post in a series to highlight the people and projects coming together at this year’s Contact Conference, Oct 20, 2011 in NYCOne of the big areas we’ll be highlighting at Contact is ‘next net’ technologies – hardware and software tools that bring people internet access and the ability to connect, communicate …

Tom Atlee: New Developments in Co-Intelligence Work

Dear friends, This last six months most of the Co-Intelligence Institute’s best work has been in behind-the-scenes exploratory conversations, research and development.  We expect the results of all that to become increasingly evident soon. Here’s a sky-view of what we’ve been up to.  I invite you to consider what impact this kind of work has …

Ben Franklin’s Strategic Narrative: Honest & Open

The Junto Club created by Franklin in 1727 is an instructive predecessor to what could be today in the way of “collective intelligence.” Franklin is a counter example of how things might be done differently. It is important to understand that the Junto Club put BOTH civic improvement, the “commons”, and personal improvement ahead of …