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Life

Glory in the Highest (Part One)

Rob Brezsny

What's your position on making love? Do you regard it as one of the nicer fringe benefits of being alive? Or are you more inclined to see it as a central proof of the primal magnanimity of the universe? I'm more aligned with the latter view. Imagine yourself in the fluidic blaze of that intimate spectacle right now. . . Part One of a three-part series. (more)

10-30-09

Commons

Samasource: Giving Work

Mariana Martinez

Is it really possible to run a successful business enterprise that also helps people in need? Moreover one that transcends borders, bypasses governments, and circumvents the rules set by economists in order to create sustainable growth for those who need it most? Founder and CEO of Samasource, 26-year-old Leila Chirayath Janah, certainly thinks so.  (more)

9-28-09

Arts

Behind the Fake Report of Jeff Goldblum's Death

Paul Krassner

A friend of mine received an e-mail from Global Associated News reporting the death of Jeff Goldblum.  She forwarded it on to others, including a reporter, without realizing the story originated at FakeAWish.com.  (more)

7-14-09

Tech

The Emergence of Open Design and Manufacturing

Michel Bauwens

We mistakenly think nature is infinite, and that scarcity should be a source of profit. We need to combine a recognition of the real scarcity of physical goods with the real abundance of immaterial goods to generate a new and sustainable civilization based on peer to peer principles. (more)

5-13-09

Commons

Building a Scaffold for Social Change

Daniel Pinchbeck

Most popular social networks are designed to support the "flattered self" and to make a profit for large corporations. Evolver.net is an independent network designed to engage people in transforming their own consciousness and their local communities. (more)

4-10-09

Arts

On Virtually Disembodied Expression

Christopher T. Funkhouser

Both poets and programmers use computers to write poetry. Could highly refined software produce an endless stream of transformative poems? (more)

11-26-08

Tech

Of Campfires and Computers

Roy Christopher

From language to advertising to technology, all of our experiences are mediated to some degree. We need to be more mindful of what constitutes authentic experience. It's vital that we participate more fully in the stories of our time and our lives. (more)

11-11-08

Commons

Writing Source Code for Democracy

Ken Jordan

Our form of democracy is essentially a product of cutting-edge 18th century technology. If we re-wrote the Constitution from scratch, how would we use computers and the Internet to collaborate, manage our resources, and govern ourselves? (more)

9-18-08

Arts

The New Narrative

Keith M Judge

Artist and designer Jonathan Harris takes a novel approach to web development that utilizes dynamic, intuitive systems to reveal the connections we have with one another and the world around us. (more)

8-7-08

Commons

Personal Democracy Forum Speech

Douglas Rushkoff

A video of the opening "invocation" I did for the Personal Democracy Forum last week, and a preview of some of the concepts coming in my next book, Corporatized. (more)

7-9-08

Tech

Radical Interdependence and Online Telepathy: How Twitter Helps Us Find One Another

Jennifer Palmer

Things will change forever when people all across the globe realize that they can effectively organize without big corporations, the church or the government and that a new level of power to the people is FREE for the taking. (more)

6-6-08

Arts

Can We Play Live Music with Whales?

David Rothenberg

[Terra Nova] • Experiments suggested that killer whales will trade riffs with human musicians. But as conservation became the major priority, scientists and activists neglected to pursue wailing with the whales. (more)

3-24-08

Arts

Bringing Gandhi to Second Life

William McGillis

Eyebeam artist Joseph DeLappe is recreating Gandhi's famous Salt March in the cyber realm of Second Life. (more)

3-20-08

Arts

Animating These Post Modern Times

Adam Elenbaas

Daniel Pinchbeck's animated short "Toward 2012" has led to "Post Modern Times," a series of 10 webisodes that promotes a new understanding of our world, highlighting practical tools and visionary techniques for a sustainable future. Think "The Simpsons" meets Buckminster Fuller and Aldous Huxley. A conversation with the filmmakers, Joao Amorim and Nikos Katsaounis. (more)

3-14-08