The following is a guest post by Washington Sean that takes us further down the road of managed persuasion towards emergence. Given the fraught nature of digital communications, this is an example of the best outcome – intentional, non-transactional collaboration where each person uses their gifts and unique perspective to bring more clarity to the […]
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Apr
Apr
This is a guest post from a contact in the United Kingdom. So many images from recent years are jarring and upsetting: little children kept isolated in individual chalk circles on a school yard, or an elderly couple, masked, separated, clutching each other through the barrier of a plastic sheet. Some images look harmless, […]
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Jan
Jan
I’m sitting on the sofa, my “office,” listening to a warm winter rain fall as the clock winds down on the year 2022. It’s quiet. My better half is out with friends, though I got my New Year’s kiss before he left. I spent much of the day in my flannel PJs making a batch […]
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Nov
Nov
This is the final installment of a series I published in January 2022. I’m not sure why I waited so long to upload this final piece. Perhaps it was providence, because I have more context now from my D-Cent map. Today I’ll be reading from this post and discussing the portion of the map having […]
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Jul
Jul
This is the third post referencing refugee labor, charter cities, faith communities, cooperatives and tokenization. You can read it in full here or access a PDF here. Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank and Columbia University professor, paid visits to Mondragon in 2005 and 2018. He was looking at worker-owned cooperatives as […]
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Jun
Jun
This is a guest post written by a humanities teacher and freelance writer who holds a masters degree from the School of African and Oriental Studies, a public research university in London. It lays out over fifty concerns regarding pandemic policy implementation and plans for a cybernetic future, full spectrum dominance of life on the […]
If we hope to preserve neighborhood schools for future generations we must recognize how reformers are reframing the idea of public education in dangerous new ways. A coordinated campaign of ALEC legislation, philanthropic investments, and slick re-branding is underway with the ultimate goal of replacing school buildings and certified, human teachers with decentralized, unregulated learning eco-systems […]
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“Sustainability” for Financiers: What Climate Marchers Need to Know About the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Sep
Sep
I’m writing the day after the climate strike. With so many people taking to the streets, it made me wonder how much people actually know about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)? Why is that important? Well, there are powerful interests seeking to misdirect people who want to do the right thing. If […]
Thanks for the airtime today Ed and Jill. Listen in here (1:30). “The hidden cost of technology in the class room. Who really benefits? Understanding the new (buzzwords) of Education Reform 2.0…’Learning Eco Systems.’”
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Jul
Jul
“What is a Smart City?” is the third entry in my slide presentation series “Education in the Cloud.” If you haven’t yet seen them, prior posts include an introductory essay and “Digital Classrooms as Data Factories.” Part 3 of Education in the Cloud: What is a “Smart” City? A growing number of metropolitan areas are […]
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