The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Lauren Anderson: the “We” of the our collaborative age will replace the “Me” of the industrial age
“Is this shift from the Me to the We as significant as the industrial revolution? And should we welcome this revolution with, so to speak, open arms?”
Lauren Anderson is the Innovation Director for Collaborative Lab, interviewed here by Andrew Keen:
As originally posted by Michel Bauwens.
MOVED to BigBatUSA [http://bigbatusa.org] / Electoral Reform
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Below are the working papers that have been posted for discussion in New York City, first with the Day of Rage team (it is neither a Day nor a Rage and it is all about electoral reform), then with the General Assembly at OccupyWallStreet, beginning with a handful of self-selected facilitators.
I will be driving a 1964 MGB, red in color, license VA MGB 64. If we do the human megaphone, it should be around 1700 (5 pm) Thursday or 1100 Friday.
The best context for understanding what I hope to accomplish is provided by Tom Atlee in his Tom Atlee: Occupation Catalytic Butterfly. My summary views are at Robert Steele on Russia TV: Occupy Wall Street & Electoral Reform, General Strike Needed?
My Interpretation of the Emerging Message:
CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector.
ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand.
SUNSHINE CABINET is the method.
INTEGRITY is the core value.
COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome.
Document Form
NYC A Message and Method One Page.doc
NYC B Electoral Reform Act 1 Page 9 Points 2.2.doc
NYC C Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today.doc
NYC D Seven Promises to America.doc
NYC E Citizen in Search of Integrity.doc
NYC F Integral Government in a Box.doc
Online Full Text for Google Translate
Robert Steele: OccupyWallStreet Message and Method
2011 Electoral Reform Act 2.2 (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Graphic: Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today
Seven Promises to America–Who Will Do This?
Robert Steele: Citizen in Search of Integrity (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Reference: Steele at Huffington Post Updated
See Also:
Continue reading “Robert Steele: Working Papers for NYC 6-7 Oct 2011”
Gerald Celente has been a predictive force as you can see in the video clips linked below.
(From DirectDemocracyNow.org)
DirectDemocracyNow.org is a global movement to spread Direct Democracy. As a citizen of the world, the time for your voice to be heard is now! No longer can we just sit back as elected representatives pass legislation and enact policies detrimental to the general welfare … while furthering the welfare of only the very powerful, the very rich and special interests.
As Victor Hugo put it, ‘There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.’
I believe that time is now. And if you believe it, we can make Direct Democracy happen. We are looking for allies … volunteers with expertise in diverse fields. Direct Democracy can happen if we make it happen.
Categories listed for volunteering: Legal, Social Networking, Tech Dev, Web Design, Spreading the Word, Implementation, Fund Raising, Graphic Design, Media Presence, Other.
Also see:
Gerald Celente: Forecasting Revolution in 2011
Gerald Celente: Forecasted Panic in Dec 2007; EIN PDB forecasted crash in Oct 2007
Audio: Liberty Education Interview Series with Gerald Celente
Theorizing Ushahidi: An Academic Treatise
[This is an excerpt taken from Chapter 1 of my dissertation]
Activists are not only turning to social media to document unfolding events, they are increasingly mapping these events for the world to bear witness. We’ve seen this happen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and beyond. My colleague Alexey Sidorenko describes this new phenomenon as a “mapping reflex.” When student activists from Khartoum got in touch earlier this year, they specifically asked for a map, one that would display their pro-democracy protests and the government crackdown. Why? They wanted the world to see that the Arab Spring extended to the Sudan.
The Ushahidi platform is increasingly used to map information generated by crowds in near-real time like the picture depicted above. Why is this important? Because live public maps can help synchronize shared awareness, an important catalyzing factor of social movements, according to Jürgen Habermas. Recall Habermas’s treaties that “those who take on the tools of open expression become a public, and the presence of a synchronized public increasingly constrains un-democratic rulers while expanding the right of that public.”
Continue reading “Patrick Meier: Ushahidi Emergent as Democracy in Being”
Whole System Conversations – and the Voice of the Whole
WHO PARTICIPATES IN “WHOLE SYSTEM” CONVERSATIONS? – PARTISANS, STAKEHOLDERS, DOMAINS, AND CITIZENS
by Tom Atlee
Consciously convened conversations have many functions. Many seek simply to get people talking with each other. Others try to bring together what they call “the whole system” to address that system's collective issues or dreams. Who is involved in these “whole system” conversations?
A “whole system”, in this case, involves all the parties who play – or could play – roles in some social unit or situation. The social unit could be a family or relationship, a group or organization, a community or a whole society. A situation might be, on the one hand, an issue, a problem, or a conflict – or, on the other hand, an inquiry, an opportunity, a shift, or simply a periodic reflection about what's happening. We can convene conversations around any of these things.
So how do we decide who the parties or players are? How do we “cut the pie” of the whole system? And, if we're ambitious, how do we elicit a “voice of the whole”?
I see four different approaches to defining who “a whole system” includes. Each approach has its own rationale and appropriate usages. They are not mutually exclusive, but are usually used more or less separately. Perhaps being aware of them and building synergies between them would enhance the power and wisdom of our conversations. These approaches include:
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A hundred and fifty years ago, adults were incensed about child labor. Low-wage kids were taking jobs away from hard-working adults.
Sure, there was some moral outrage at seven-year olds losing fingers and being abused at work, but the economic rationale was paramount. Factory owners insisted that losing child workers would be catastrophic to their industries and fought hard to keep the kids at work–they said they couldn't afford to hire adults. It wasn't until 1918 that nationwide compulsory education was in place.
Part of the rationale to sell this major transformation to industrialists was that educated kids would actually become more compliant and productive workers. Our current system of teaching kids to sit in straight rows and obey instructions isn't a coincidence–it was an investment in our economic future. The plan: trade short-term child labor wages for longer-term productivity by giving kids a head start in doing what they're told.
Large-scale education was never about teaching kids or creating scholars. It was invented to churn out adults who worked well within the system.
Of course, it worked. Several generations of productive, fully employed workers followed. But now?
