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  1. Visit Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody

    http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html

    Transcript of Clay Shirky's talk at Web 2.0 on some of the ideas in his book "Here Comes Everybody". He discusses the immense ramifications of even a small change in the amount of time spent in participatory culture activities (like editing Wikip… More

  2. Visit Jefferson on Politics & Government: Educating the People Jefferson on Politics & Government: Educating the People

    http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1350.htm

    Another link to the Jefferson quote. I personally think this should be an argument for people to seek education and knowledge themselves rather than an argument for government-provided education. Presumably people want a society that functions c… More

  3. Visit Educate, don't legislate Educate, don't legislate

    http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000072.html

    A good quote from Thomas Jefferson about education and governance. I specifically like the "educate, don't legislate" part, which I take to mean that government should avoid legislating correct behavior when possible and instead educate people on… More

  4. Visit Organizations are the sum of their parts Organizations are the sum of their parts

    http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-April/013252.html

    Organizations don't say things; people say things. This is all too easy to forget, especially when you get caught up in the news. "Organizations do not act coherently to nearly the same extent as individual humans. Individuals change their mi… More

  5. Visit Open source: the motivation to help Open source: the motivation to help

    http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-April/013200.html

    John Gilmore describes how people feel much more motivated to help (through forums, mailing lists, etc.) with open source projects than with other projects: "One aspect of freedom that has gone unmentioned by both Walter Bender and Michael Ston… More

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