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Category Archives: crowdsourcing
Is it only a dream that there’ll be no more turning away
There are now eight billion of us on Spaceship Earth (and counting), and although it’s only a relatively small proportion of the total, a great many of our fellow travellers are undergoing tremendous suffering while the rest of us turn … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Climate, Core thought, crowdsourcing, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Music, News and politics
Tagged Avaaz, Famine, On the turning away, Pink Floyd, Somalia
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Who wants to be an unpaid billboard?
The fashion industry made a canny move in persuading millions to buy clothing that boldly bears brand names. I wish I knew how they managed that. I for one decided long ago that the only way I would wear such … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, crowdsourcing, memetics, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged free, gift, meme, memetics, oath of giftiness, Pay It Forward, There Is No Planet B, viral marketing, word of mouth
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Donate to fund dogs in the Serengeti
Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
This plea came in from Mr. Pedantry! This came in yesterday and I thought for some time that I wouldn’t be able to publish it quickly owing to me getting my knickers in a…
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, crowdsourcing, Environment, Reblogs, Strategy
Tagged dogs, elephants
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Vsauce on ‘The Future of Reasoning’
‘Vsauce‘ is a YouTube channel with ~17 million subscribers, one that I’ve followed for some time now; it features a huge amount of thought-provoking content. Its main host, Michael Stevens (@tweetsauce), has been quiet for some time, but he recently … Continue reading
Petition for a UK national citizens’ assembly (PR2028)
Update 28Mar2021 (current signatories: 20,317): I’ve just had an email from Open Britain requesting donations to the PR2028 campaign. I’m chipping in a few quid a month; I think this matter is too important not to. Whether you agree is of … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Communication, Core thought, crowdsourcing, News and politics, Strategy
Tagged #PR2028, Democracy, election, PR, Proportional Representation
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Announcing: ?Random Raiders!
A year ago, almost to the day§, I wibbled about crowdsourcing blog maintenance. Here’s the rationale behind the concept: I bet your blog is like mine in that it has lots of new posts going on the top which get … Continue reading
Bank of England: stop funding the climate crisis!
tl;dr: Here are the links to the petitions by Positive Money, 350.org and SumOfUs; please pick just one and add your name before 24Feb2021. These three organisations are running the same petition; current signature counts as I write this are … Continue reading
ye Oath of Giftiness, revisited
Yesterday, as I just found out from fellow blogger Jill Dennison, was ‘Pay It Forward Day‘. I’ve missed the boat on celebrating that, but it reminded me of something… Nine years ago I came up with an idea. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, crowdsourcing, memetics, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged crowdsourcing, free, gift, meme, memetics, oath of giftiness, Pay It Forward, viral marketing, word of mouth
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What on earth are we going to do?
Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
A very powerful essay from George Monbiot. Today and tomorrow I am posting essays that have nothing to do with dogs! Today, I am sharing George’s gloom about the future, tomorrow I am sharing…
Posted in balance, Business, Capitalism, Climate, Communication, Core thought, crowdsourcing, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Reblogs
Tagged George Monbiot
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How to crowdsource blog maintenance
I think I’ve just come up with, as Blackadder would say, a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel. I bet your blog is like mine in that it has lots of … Continue reading