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member since:   18/5/2007
birth date:   30/11/1999
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  articles · Book Review: 'Capitalism 3.0: a guide to reclaiming the commons'
4/4/2007 08:04 · 25 votes · no comments

Peter Barnes, author of Capitalism 3.0: a guide to reclaiming the commons, is a successful businessman who believes capitalism in its present form is gravely flawed, yet he does not look to the state for correction. He sees the first phase of capitalism as one of shortages where demands exceeded supply of goods. Around 1950 this changed and now we are in capitalism 2.0, a time of...

   
 
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  articles · Berlin Summit on Education
27/5/2007 03:59 · 1 comment

Florian Schneider and others have organized a non-aligned summit on open education. It is taking place May 24-28 in Berlin.

They have made a good effort to involve those who cannot attend, and there seems to be timely posting of speeches, papers, etc. and they plan to have real time interaction as well as streaming audio.

The themes seem to tie in well with what is planned...

   
 
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  articles · Open Library - All The Books You Could Ever Read
by Rebecca Kahn, iCommons reporter · commented on 14/9/2007 02:25 · 53 votes · 7 comments

Back in the mists of time, when we used to look things up in books, and not on Google, libraries were the first place we used to go. For many people, the person you turned to when you wanted to know something, was a librarian. They would direct you to the book, dictionary or other resource where you could find what you were looking for.

Libraries were also the place where we...

articles · SJ Klein Talks About One Laptop Per Child
by Kiruba Shankar · commented on 12/9/2007 01:29 · 62 votes · 4 comments

The vision of One Laptop Per Child project is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.

Note: You can listen to the podcast here.

OLPC was founded by Nicholas Negroponte with a core of Media Lab veterans, but quickly expanded to include a wide range of exceptionally talented and dedicated people from academia,...

   
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