2013 Open Source Agency: Executive Access Point 2.1
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Review (Guest): The Long Twentieth Century – Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times
Giovanni Arrighi Product Description Winner of the American Sociological Association PEWS Award for Distinguished Scholarship: a comprehensive analysis of the development of world capitalism over the millennium. The Long Twentieth Century traces the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. Arrighi argues that capitalism has unfolded as a succession of “long …
Tom Atlee: Making Wise Decisions on Public Issues
Dear friends, I have worked for several months to develop the ideas in this article and to articulate them in an accessible way. They are fundamental understandings underlying the co-intelligence vision of a wiser democracy. If the ideas intrigue you, you can find a longer version with more detailed guidelines and references online. I wrote …
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Harrison Owen: Public Administration in the 21st Century
Asked to comment on the preliminary abstract for a new article, below the line at Search: public administration in 21 century, Harrison responded as follows. I like your story line, if only because you reach a conclusion that closely parallels one of my own. Coming off a very different base, I found myself convinced that …
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Tom Atlee: Two Game-Changers
Dear friends, Every now and then potentially game changing innovations show up. Wikileaks is one of them, something that shifts the relationship between centralized power and broader national and international populations. We don’t know what exactly will happen with it, but we do know that we’re on a different playing field now. I want to …
Graphics Directory (List & Small Images)
Below the line….alpha list of all graphics [in English] with embedded links. For Spanish-language graphics see AA Lista de Graficas (1) and [in reverse order as posted] AA Espanol (55). Updated 2 Aug 2013. Click on the Link Above the Image to Reach Full Size Image, Comments, & Source Link
Tom Atlee: Bacteria–and Human Intelligence
Bacteria — and the intelligence of individuals and collectives Collective intelligence is not an abstraction. It is a real-world emergent phenomenon — a phenomenon that ranges from collective stupidity to collective brilliance. It arises from interactions among entities in shared situations. Collective intelligence — of any quality — can just happen, or it can be …
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