A longer version of this article with more detailed guidelines and references can be found at http://co-intelligence.org/WD-WiserDecisions.html As a civilization we have tremendous collective power, but we don’t always use it wisely. We can make g…
This month, July 2011, is the 20th anniversary of one of the most remarkable journalistic initiatives I’ve ever seen — an innovation so cutting-edge that even the innovators did not recognize its world-shaking potential. In July 1991, MACLEAN’S m…
Summer 2011 Co-Intelligence Institute fundraiser progress report: Funds raised so far: $3240 // Target: $20,000 Percentage of needed funds raised so far: 16.2% People on our mailing list: 2088 // Days left before end of fundraiser: 10 Thank you to…
Every now and then potentially game changing innovations show up. Wikileaks is one of them, something that shifts the relationship between centralized power and broader national and international populations. We don’t know what exactly will happen…
Here’s a very remarkable initiative — a global curriculum reform movement. It seems a revolution is brewing in some parts of mainstream higher education and this seems a significant piece: A Science Daily article “Higher Education Curricula Not K…
Collective intelligence is not an abstraction. It is a real-world emergent phenomenon — a phenomenon that ranges from collective stupidity to collective brilliance. It arises from interactions among entities in shared situations. Collective intel…
It is so good to celebrate INdependence Days in the United States and the many other countries that have successfully gained and defended their independence from colonial rule. For countries as well as individuals, independence is a dramatic move …