Somebody on NPR just said “data is the new oil” …. I kid you not … not even going to file this in the ‘crud drawer’.
🚧 Cognitive Elites
“A 'cognitive elite' will rise to power and influence, as a class of sovereign individuals 'commanding vastly greater resources' who will no longer be subject to the power of nation-states and will redesign governments to suit their ends.”
Read More In The Guardian Here
Cognitive Elites … not the same as ‘Elites’ - and - be it a ‘discredited’ term or not - I have no doubt that those that seek to use technology to protect their interests - and not subjugate themselves to the Corporates will win out. They are thinking, acting, doing and rising above the media clutter. Who are those people? Well, maybe it is easier to point out who they are not …. they are not people;
- who shake their heads and say 'what can we do'
- who continue to blindly use Facebook, despite all the proof of what they have done and continue to do
- who have a single password across all of their accounts
- who have a password like 1234password
- ... you get the picture
NO - it doesn’t include those people.
But it also is not about having superior intelligence. (Which is what the book was talking about.) No. That is not going to save you. And those people aren’t the cognitive elites that I think about.
To me - I think you are a cognitive elite if you think. At all. Your IQ can be below 100 - like half the population - but that doesn’t mean you can’t think … that is a choice.
Start to think. Start to act. Be Different.
uh oh - they’ve updated iTunes ….
The Second Innings Of The Internet
“Moral leadership means truly putting people first and making whatever sacrifices that entails,” said Seidman. “That means not always competing on shallow things and quantity — on how much time people spend on your platform — but on quality and depth. It means seeing and treating people not just as ‘users’ or ‘clicks,’ but as ‘citizens,’ who are worthy of being accurately informed to make their best choices. It means not just trying to shift people from one click to another, from one video to another, but instead trying to elevate them in ways that deepen our connections and enrich our conversations.”
Dov Seidman, CEO of LRN
… makes total sense to me. What we have today is the total domination of the online world by old school, old power, old values corporations - and people be damned. That is why we started People First - and interesting to see ourselves at the intersection of organizations and issues like The Indie Web and Internet Identity amongst others.
But if you think about issues like Ad Tracking, Profiling, Big Data, Walled Gardens, Data Warehouses, Self Sovereignty, Data Ownership, Net Neutrality, POSSE, longevity - you can complete the list as well as I can … the entire push and narrative today is to the benefit of the large corporation and the detriment of ‘we the people’.
By the way - if you want to see indie web in action - john.philpin.com is running on micro.blog - a nascent but emerging micro blog environment that is just part of this particular persons war chest of tools to take back the internet for people. More of this to come in future posts.
As I have said for many years - “I am my own system of record”.
I have started to collect RSS feeds of blogs belonging to Micro Bloggers (two does make a collection … right ?) I will build, slowly and manually - but do send me any sites you want added.
Did not know this until I read @petebrown
@TheAtlantic has hired a known troll. I don’t care if he is left or right - he is just wrong …. and I do not understand why they did this. Second chance indeed!
I know a lot of people who deserve a second chance long before this dude.
💯 + 💯 + 💯 .. and counting
Tim Cook’s statement about what he would do if he was Zuck can be summarized by the line …
”Well, if I was going there, I wouldn’t be starting here.”
Alan Lightman on the Longing for Absolutes in a Relative World and What Gives Lasting Meaning to Our Lives
"“The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.”"
omnifocus 3 with @Omni and @brentsimmons… 10,000 in line for the beta …. one thought - tags - same as being able to assign multiple contexts to a task … because there is always more than one context.
Robert Mercer - yes THAT Robert Mercer - is apparently a reserve cop in New Mexico Cop
Who knew? Well - Dave Pell for one!
It’s ostensibly about Australia … Cheating at cricket just one of the unthinkable things Aussies do now … but the majority of the article applies to many Countries. Have a read and in your mind substitute ‘Australia’ for ‘USA’ or ‘UK’ or …. Cricket aside … of course!
Re @dave and Feedbase, has @matthewlang or @kulturnation .. or anyone else started building a definitive list / archive / database of blogs that belong to micro-bloggers? Would be a nice resource allowing us to graze stuff in our RSS reeder of choice that isn’t here.
what a slob.
4 seats. sits at one. spreads self over two others. phone rings. starts talking in loud obnoxious voice. tries to impress whoever poor sap was on the other end. call ends. closes up. leaves space in disarray including spilt coffee. glad he ain’t representing me.
”Give a man an 0day and he’ll have access for a day, teach a man to phish and he’ll have access for life.”
thegrugq - on Twitter
If cities roll out bike sharing services, why can’t they roll out ride hailing, too?
Stowe Boyd
” ‘We the people’ need to intervene because ‘we the consumer’ haven’t.”
John Wunderlich