
(Source: keepcalmand)
via • link“Crowdsorcing has the capacity to form a sort of perfect meritocracy.[…](it) operates under the most optimistic of assumptions:that each one of us possesses a far broader, more complex range of talents that we can currently express within current economc structures. […] Crowdsorcing turns on the presumption that we are all creators.”
Howe,crowdsorcing
link“Sometimes the most important innovations emerge from the periphery where creative citizens take a “do it first, ask for permission later” approach that can generate a wealth of benefits for the entire global community.”
http://geodatapolicy.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/the-worlds-top-10-gov-2-0-initiatives/
linkThe elevator speech is a helpful little exercise. Try to imagine that you go with an elevator. There is one other person going with you. You have to tell about the project in the time from the elevator closes till it opens again. What will you say?
link“La regola ci dice che proporzionalmente al degrado che colpisce un determinato ambiente, gli individui che lo abitano tendono a degradarsi con esso; proteggere la qualità dell’ambiente sociale, dell’atmosfera circostante in generale, dello stile di vita, dovrebbe essere una priorità.”
La rana che finì cotta senza accorgersene, Olivier Clerc, 2010
link“E ho visto cose riservate ai sognatori,
ed ho bevuto il succo amaro del disprezzo”
Lorenzo, Tutto l’amore che ho
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