Killing the Hundredth Monkey
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http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/01/19/killing_the_hundredth_monkey
"The number of Internet users is so vast and the information so quantitatively and qualitatively expansive that it has become the most stupendous, liberating, truly democratic and open communications system our world has ever known.
But, these positive aspects of the Internet do not bode well for everyone or for every institution that existed prior to its advent. The old, centralized state mentality, along with its controlled and complicit media system and its influence, are now being left behind in the digital dust so to speak as Internet users turn more and more to the Net and to alternate news sources and blogs to find a much greater and broader expanse of opinion and analysis when it comes to the presentation and understanding of current events and their underlying root causes.
This new situation thus creates for those old-paradigm groups not only a challenge in terms of their diminishing effectiveness in maintaining their agendas but also a major public relations problem in terms of their ability to continue to portray their reality and history in the same light that they were accustomed to in the past. Hidden knowledge about the skeletons within their closets is now being revealed en masse to millions of Internet users and this power of persuasion which they once held firmly within their grasp has now been virtually torn from their hands and the flaming torch of freedom of thought has been let loose and is lighting millions of other torch/minds around the globe. It is a threat that the old order is being forced to respond to as it faces losing its pseudo-credibility and the prospect of sinking into the Cyberian sunset never to arise again with the power it once wielded over public opinion."
"The number of Internet users is so vast and the information so quantitatively and qualitatively expansive that it has become the most stupendous, liberating, truly democratic and open communications system our world has ever known.
But, these positive aspects of the Internet do not bode well for everyone or for every institution that existed prior to its advent. The old, centralized state mentality, along with its controlled and complicit media system and its influence, are now being left behind in the digital dust so to speak as Internet users turn more and more to the Net and to alternate news sources and blogs to find a much greater and broader expanse of opinion and analysis when it comes to the presentation and understanding of current events and their underlying root causes.
This new situation thus creates for those old-paradigm groups not only a challenge in terms of their diminishing effectiveness in maintaining their agendas but also a major public relations problem in terms of their ability to continue to portray their reality and history in the same light that they were accustomed to in the past. Hidden knowledge about the skeletons within their closets is now being revealed en masse to millions of Internet users and this power of persuasion which they once held firmly within their grasp has now been virtually torn from their hands and the flaming torch of freedom of thought has been let loose and is lighting millions of other torch/minds around the globe. It is a threat that the old order is being forced to respond to as it faces losing its pseudo-credibility and the prospect of sinking into the Cyberian sunset never to arise again with the power it once wielded over public opinion."
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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wikipedia => no, anyone can write something in there
right wing media => no, the writers are rednecks
left wing media => no, the writers are commies
blogs => no, the writers are opiniated
So basically we have more information ressources than ever, but we can't trust any of them. Nice work dark and mysterious "old order"!
One aspect you neglected is the accumulation of wisdom which comes in the form of collective communication by people sharing ideas and their experience.
Information is able flow in all directions on the internet.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
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Every form of reporting or journalism is biased in some way shape or form. I don;t think there is such a thing as unbiased journalism.
What I like most are unmoderated comments at the bottom of articles. That's is where the magic happens so to speak. Sure you get some idiocy, but one can also find out a lot more information than what the article itself represents.
This is why I'm not liking the Huffington post so much anymore. they moderate their comments now, and they're posting way too much tabloid junk.
If you get a good nest of links, discussion forums, and tap into the right web rings of like minded people all doing the same, it all tends to flow.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
(\__/)
( o.O)
(")_(")
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
(\__/)
( o.O)
(")_(")