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Published on 2009-05-20 03:25:00
With the fixation on success as means to an end I have to wonder, why have studied Phillipe of Macedon, the greatest of great orators? (Want proof of rhetoric? Study his son. *beat* Oh, sorry, I forgot you were ill-lit-rut: Alexander. Yaa, that Alexander. The power of his father's principled nature drove him mad. *shrug* Bummer ... I cudda advised him. You think you're benighted? How'bout that
Drinking the Koolaid: "Light and Love Delusion" as the new jingoism - Global Sensemaking
Published on 2008-12-03 00:08:00
*X-posted from my blog on http://GlobalSenseMaking.net*Micah Sifry quoted this in his post about the IntenseDebate deployment on Change.Gov:"I just wanted to say thank you for giving us a place to make our thoughts and comment heard. It's about time the government provide a centralized place for citizens to express their opinions where they feel they will be heard." [Emphasis added by him there.]
The Obama WhiteHouse - Civility, OpenDemocracy and Web2.0
Published on 2008-11-09 15:20:00
With Obama's massively successful campaign I've watched Web2.0 do what it does best: drive money. Now ... now what? Since the mid-70s I've been surveying the field as I tried to enable civil society with the best IT. And, as some of you know, the mid-70s was a pretty harsh time .. East Timor, apartheid coming to a head in South Africa ... harsh. This hard on the heels of the war in Vietnam ...
