the party is moving

the party is moving to happyhappysadhappy.org/

empty land

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what was this place? what is this place? what does this place mean?

Steel Wheel Interstates

“This proposal offers dramatic improvements in highway safety and public health, as well as much reduced highway maintenance and construction costs.”

http://www.newamerica.net/publications/special/steel_wheel_interstates_10454

“Here Comes Everybody”

here comes everybody by Clay Shirky

notes from the video:

steps within the social effects of the internet:

1. Sharing

2. Conversation

3. Collaboration

4. Collective Action

Over lapping at times, Collective action will be seen more widely in the future as “group making” becomes ridiculously easy

“thinking is for acting”

Media is moving from a source of information to a site of action

Freedom of Speech, is Freedom of the Press, is Freedom of Assembly

The internet is not an improvement of society but a new challenge, just as a society that has a printing press is different from a society that does not, so too are we going though a revolution in the type of society we are.

you can find more info about Clay Shirky at his website http://www.shirky.com/

linked data

Auroville, founded in 1968, is an experimental township in South East India. It is a concept for human unity by means of embracing our natural diversity. Basically a large cohabitation, Auroville is supposed to be above and without politics and religion. Its property is not owned by individuals but by the collective township. The town is self-sustained in terms of energy, agriculture, and economy. It is accepted and supported by both the Indian Government and UNESCO. Auroville is an experiment in progressive living, human unity, and embracing the future of mankind.  Successful?

Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auroville

http://www.auroville.org/index.htm

media as life

http://deuze.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-research-and-teaching.html

media-life-slides from deuze

http://deuze.blogspot.com/2009/02/media-life-slides.html

the last mass marketing

http://www.strategy-business.com/press/article/08406?gko=30a43-1876-27265191

“Everybody has to shop, so the store is the last place where mass marketing exists,” says George Wishart, global managing director of Nielsen In-Store, the retail media division of the Nielsen Company. “Even better, you are reaching people who are declared shoppers. They’re there for a purpose.”