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If words weren’t here, I don’t think…

I’m working on an essay related to that title — and although the idea behind the essay is based mostly on my own ideas and also ideas Noam Chomsky shared in a talk he gave in Köln last year, the … Continue reading

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Irrational denotations off the deep end

Whenever I read something David Brooks has written, I always regret it. It leaves me with something worse than a stale aftertaste… — I feel like I have to take a shower or something. So when Paul Krugman mentioned in … Continue reading

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Social animals — such as primates — like to communicate (in order to be social)

… and humans are primates. Communicating with others can be a kind of social grooming (if we communicate about a person, we thereby care about — i.e. “groom” — them) Linked In News Post Forum

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Ideas shared online are just as authentic, reliable and trustworthy as ideas shared in printed books

There is really no difference in how authentic, reliable or trustworthy ideas are when they are shared only versus in printed matter. The main issue is that most readers have not mastered the level of literacy required to be able … Continue reading

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Latest Breaking News: People are increasingly becoming disenchanted with bogus values

Paul Krugman asks: “Could it be that traditional families aren’t as crucial to social cohesion as advertised?“ His conclusions are insightful, but I feel they are not exactly on the money. He concedes that social cohesion might have something to … Continue reading

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New German Government Question + Answer Website off to a very slow start

The website is being called “Dialog über Deutschland” — and apparently it is severely understaffed. Suggestions are either not being posted at all or not until long after being submitted. It almost seems as if they thought they could get … Continue reading

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Richard Edelman on trust in media melange

Richard Edelman talks about results from the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer study: Question: Is there — perhaps — an inverse relationship between the trust in media sources and the size of the media company? Take a look at my reasoning … Continue reading

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Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz Interview Adam Kmiec

At about the same time as I wrote the post about Adam Kmiec’s “social media advice“, Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson were on the telephone with Adam Kmiec — and it has already been posted at the FIR homepage (note … Continue reading

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The Social Contract is a Human Information Technology with which Society + Its Members Advance Civilization (i.e. social information + communication is a practice used in communities to uplift those who interact + contribute to social awareness)

Are intellectual property rights social wrongs? The Social Contract as Human Information Technology: How Individual Character is Socially Constructed Via Social Interaction Linked In News Post Forum

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Web 3.0: The End of Google as we Know it

Following up on yesterday’s post about how even Danny Sullivan has now basically called out Google as corrupt (and “evil”), I believe it is now time to move on. As a first step in this direction, I share some first … Continue reading

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