All We Need Is Love?
Maybe the Beatles were right that love is all we need. A simple message of love from one Israeli to Iranians has kicked off an interesting end-run of people over governments.
From Me-First to We-First
As another companion to Ian Mackenzie's short film on Charles Eisenstein's Sacred Economy, I offer up some clips based on Simon Mainwaring's book We First.
The SOPA Blackouts and Our New Political Lingchi
Did the January 18 Wikipedia blackout protests kill SOPA alone? Or is there something else going on here?
Online Brotherhood or Big Brother?
Are our online lives connecting us in new and incredible ways or plugging us into a matrix of unimagineable control?
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.
Someone's Paying Right Wing Trolls
I've long wondered how the people who live to spout shit and stir up blockheaded arguments in the comments sections of social media find the time to do what they do, much less the energy. Here's an answer to explain at least some of them: it's their job.
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