Commons and its Enemies

IBM’s latest slogan is “We can make a smarter world” or something idiotic like that”¦ here, again, in a dumb marketing campaign we immediately confront the basic problem. The world is an incredible intelligence already. We humans really don’t understand it well at all”¦ It might make sense for a corporation like IBM […]

June 11th, 2009 | Category: Critical Mass, General Musings, Public Space, San Francisco news | Comments are closed

England is blooming

Since my last entry I’ve been rolling along: a nice visit to the Center for Contemporary Art and the Natural World in Exeter with Clive Adams on top of a ridgetop in southern England, after which he graciously drove me down to Totnes, the titular capital of the Transition Town movement. I didn’t do a […]

April 8th, 2009 | Category: General Musings, My Writings and Appearances, Nowtopia, Travel report | Leave a comment

Nowtopia in Bristol

Arrived in Bristol and Roger B., my wonderful host, whisked me off to Stokes Croft where he handed me off to Chris, a guy who will probably eventually be known as the Mayor of Stokes Croft. He is one of four people who together own the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) building, and in […]

April 4th, 2009 | Category: General Musings, History, My Writings and Appearances, Nowtopia, Public Space, Travel report | One comment
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