Eric Sommer There are three broad modes by which people may cooperate in the labour which produces the ‘goods’ of life. In addition to the two modes of co-operation already […]
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”Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly right now.” -Buckminster Fuller
Justice, Not War
by Kevin Danaher A momentous decision confronts us as a nation: Do we define the violence of Sept. 11 as an act of war or as a crime against humanity? […]
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Approaching BreakPoint!
For a different take on our current world situation, please listen to the following radio interview with contributing editor and author Barry Carter. Listen to the interview
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Towards a Gifting Culture
Timothy Wilken Yesterday, I posted Eric Steven Raymond’s article The Hacker Milieu as Gift Culture as a preface to a series of articles on Gifting, Gifting Networks, Gifting Exchanges, Gifting […]
Continue readingAn Introduction to SYNERGY
By Eric Sommer By a ‘synergy’, I mean a system of interactions between two or more actors or centers of action. The word ‘synergy’ comes from a Greek word meaning […]
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by Eric Steven Raymond To understand the role of reputation in the open-source culture, it is helpful to move from history further into anthropology and economics, and examine the difference […]
Continue readingThe Error of Reductionism
Timothy Wilken The strategy of physics called reductionism has been one of the most powerful tools in the history of science. What is reductionism? How does it work? Lawrence Krauss […]
Continue readingThe Home-Schooling Revolution
Daniel Pink “School is like starting life with a 12-year jail sentence in which bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned.” Those are the words of John Taylor Gatto, […]
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The Rest of the Story… from The Guardian “So here we have it. The equivocating distinction between civilisation and savagery, between the “massacre of innocent people” or, if you like, […]
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Win Wenger I imagine each of us has something pretty special to say before it’s all over, but we never really get around to saying it. This time of sudden […]
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