social change
On Utilizing Technology To Connect People On Different Continents
Posted on December 8, 2008. Filed under: community, Music, Real Time, social change | Tags: Add new tag, changing the world, community, global change, group consciousness, Internet, modern world, Music, Online Community, Real Time, real time interaction, social change, Socially Beneficial, technology and social change |
As many of you know, I am greatly interested in the way that technology can be utilized to connect people across across the world – to make the constraints imposed by geography less relevant. Since I am a musician, one particular angle on this that I am pursuing is using music at the centrepiece of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Technology and Massive Dialogue
Posted on December 5, 2008. Filed under: Communications, community, mobilization, Real Time, social change, Space | Tags: changing the world, communication, Communications, community, dialogue, global change, global community, group consciousness, group interaction, mobilization, Online Community, open systems, Real Time, real time interaction, social change, Socially Beneficial, technology and social change |
There has been much discussion on this blog about the changing nature of space; the way that we can extend the environments that we are in in order to bridge geographic boundaries. Another theme that is related, and that I will expand further on in due course, is the idea that technology allows you to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )About: The Relationship Between Technology and Social Change
Posted on August 29, 2008. Filed under: Communications, Internet, social change, Space, technology | Tags: global change, hunter-gatherer, Internet, patterns of communication, perception of difference, proximal, proxmity, social change, Space, technology |
I just updated by About page with a pretty succinct line of argument that sets the stage for much of what this blog is about…. This blog is focused on developing and argument for, and highlighting examples of, the increasing role that technology (and in particular the internet) will play in making Massive Social Change [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The Technology and Social Change Wiki – 50 groups added!!
Posted on August 28, 2008. Filed under: Communications, Internet, social change, technology, Wiki | Tags: community, companies, cutting edge technology, global change, information sources, innovative processes, Internet, Online Community, open systems, social change, technology, Wiki |
Just to let everyone know that I have added 50+ group profiles to theThe Technology and Social Change Wiki, The focus of the wiki is to aggregate information, and eventually serve as the basis for the formation of a community, around the intersection between technology and social change. I am collecting data on various groups [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )On Massive Social Change (MSC!!)
Posted on August 27, 2008. Filed under: Communications, Internet, Modernity, social change, Space, technology, Wiki | Tags: changing the world, communication, communications infrastructure, Consciousness, global change, Internet, knowledge, mobilization, modern world, Modernity, Real Time, social change, Space, technology, Wiki |
I posted the following on the Technology and Social Change wiki that I am developing at: http://technologyandsocialchange.wetpaint.com So what is this wiki all about? This wiki is for those that believe that the internet can be used for socially beneficial purposes! What makes this particular wiki unique? Simply that it has a very specific focus [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )On Massive Mobilization (MM!!)
Posted on August 26, 2008. Filed under: Internet, mobilization, Modernity, Real Time, social change, Space, technology | Tags: communication, Consciousness, global change, group consciousness, group interaction, groups, Internet, mobilization, Modernity, Real Time, social change, Space, technology, Wiki |
What is Massive Mobilization? Real social change requires Massive Mobilization, which, simply put, is the deployment of a massive amount of resources around single projects. By massive amounts of resources I refer to primarily to labour and intellectual capital. A brief examination of critical points in history where meaningful social change has taken place will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Introducing the Technology and Social Change Wiki!
Posted on August 25, 2008. Filed under: Communications, Internet, social change, Wiki | Tags: Add new tag, Communications, global change, Internet, Modernity, social change, Wiki |
I just set up a wiki through www.wetpaint.com for the purposes of creating a collaborative environment where those that believe that the internet can play a role in the resolution of Massive Social Problems can contribute in a number of ways. The wiki can be found at: http://technologyandsocialchange.wetpaint.com I will cross post my general comments [...]
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