A Collective Intelligence TED Talk Two-fer
Yochai Benkler on open-source economics, and Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration.
A Beams and Struts TED talk
About Beams and Struts, collective intelligence, and why this is the most exciting time to be alive in human history.
Here Comes Everybody- Clay Shirky on the Internet and Collective Action
How are cellphones, Twitter and Facebook changing history? Watch this TED talk by author Clay Shirky and find out.
Antidote to Apathy?
JR and the Heart of an Emerging World Culture
In his article on Egypt Jeremy heralded the birth of a planetary culture. In this TED talk, the courageous French street artist JR seems to display just such a planetary outlook, revealing an underlying universal humanity in some of the most dangerous, poor and forgotten human communities on Earth. And in his TED Prize wish, he asks us to take an active part in his global art project. Inspiring stuff.
Big Bad Vulnerability
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Network Logic- Lessons From Egypt
Lessons from Egypt on the growth and power of decentralized networks in social organization and protest.
"A Historic Moment in the Arab World"- Director of Al Jazeera on the Middle East Uprisings
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A Double Shot of Vision- Resilient Cities and Biomimicry Design
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From Xenophobes to Xenophiles- It's Time to Get Our Globe On
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Tom, great to see this inquiry out in the world! Thank you for asking these questions of us all. Loved…
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Meta-Sangha, Infra-Sangha: Or, Who is this "We" Kimo Sabe?
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I love this conversation because I’m involved with the Integral Center in Boulder (formerly Boulder Integral). We have a mission…
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Meta-Sangha, Infra-Sangha: Or, Who is this "We" Kimo Sabe?
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I like the infra-sangha Tom! (thanks for making a link to our article) With love, Ria
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Great Job!
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Meta-Sangha, Infra-Sangha: Or, Who is this "We" Kimo Sabe?
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David thanks, that's a fantastic quote, really captures in pithy form many of points being made in the essay. Tim,…
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Rhizomatic for the People- Notes on Networks and Decentralization
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One more resource to add regarding Rhizome. A friend just turned me on to this, a short book posted online…
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Rhizomatic for the People- Notes on Networks and Decentralization
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Thanks Tim, I should probably read that Smil book. We should also throw Dr. Charles Hall's name into the mix.…
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Hi Trevor/David I'd have to add Vaclav Smil's 2005 book Energy at the Crossroads to the reading list. For mine…
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