Archive for the ‘Engagement Politics’ Category

Wikileaks and the battle for middle earth begins

Saturday, December 4th, 2010In an erudite and compelling post John Naughton (What the attacks on Wikileaks tells us) brings from the shadows and into the foreground, some of the key issues that the current deluge of material from wikileaks has unveiled.Naughton makes 4 ...

The networked society red pill or the blue pill?

Friday, October 29th, 2010I am wondering if this simply represents the two ways how companies and organisations embrace the networked world?

A compassionate society understands fairness

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010Twenty years ago, Ernst Fehr had a seemingly sensible idea – that a deep-seated human preference for fairness might play an important role in economics. He writes,A substantial number of people exhibit social preferences, which means they are not solely ...

tattoos, identity and meaning [2]

Saturday, October 9th, 2010I am writing this post as my old friend David O'Hanlon asked a question to my post on Tattoo's, identity and meaning that I think requires a somewhat in-depth response. Patrick Skinner is a PHD student at Cambridge University, his ...

Data, lubricating a more open society

Friday, October 8th, 2010Picked this up from Future Gov. an interview with Tim Davis of Practical Participation, published by Dave Briggs.Reminds me of my postings last year on thinking differently about government in the networked society.Well worth a listen.

A people will only be free when their control their own communications Mr Murdoch

Sunday, September 19th, 2010The headline is a quote from Frantz Fanon someone who was recognised as an authority on post colonial rule, Fanon's statement about people, society, communication and freedom is encapsulated in the point Will Hutton makes, link to Observer story (here), ...

The system known as the kisha club

Thursday, August 26th, 2010In No Straight Lines I talk about the systemic breakdown of models of control and organisation that were defined by an industrial era. Jay Rosen tweeted this article which is a fascinating insight into the Japanese media world, that was ...

The framework of the networked society

Monday, July 12th, 2010Michel Bauwens of the P2P Society has put together with the help of Lily Fisher, a beautiful presentation on how various legal/creative/production/business tools and frameworks fit together. Thank you Robin Good for the hat tipEverything open and free on ...

The Do Lectures 2010

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010[caption id="attachment_5452" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="Do Tent in the background aka Ted in a tent"][/caption]Last year I had the privilege to speak at The Do Lectures (my review here) (more Do stuff), and though I will not be able to make ...

All you need is love – MLove is all you need

Sunday, June 27th, 2010Last week I was speaking @ participating and co-creating in an event called MLove. Which was held in Beesenstedt in an old Schloss, in the middle of nowhere. When we landed in Altenburg, our driver said "welcome to nowhere. I ...

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