An interesting background on a fellow who looks to be a real innovator in webdesign and coding. Interesting to think about how many such individuals there are around - they're revolutionizing our "user experience" (in his case, currently, by working for google). Three hundred years ago, a similarly creative individual might have written the next great novel or painted a masterpiece. Maybe s/he/they still are. Plus he liked the Zork games.
John Kitzhaber, the former governor of Oregon, is trying to change the way our health care system works. By making Oregon a testing ground for thoughtful health policy experimentation, he's pushing the edge of the envelope in health care reform.
Have your own government - treat it like a Chia Pet. This site lets you create a virtual country in which you are the president/ruler for life/dictator - your choice. You get to choose how many major policy decisions you want to make: as few as one a week or as many as two a day.
Georget Lakoff was the "it" man of the democratic self-analysis in the wake of their 2004 electoral losses. He suggests that recent generationos of Democrats have failed to craft a common language (linguistic framework) in which they can strategize and form unions to will elections.
An excellent overview and analysis of what it takes to build a livable city. Also provides a hint as to where the rural-urban political divides begin and how limited that analysis really is a tool for anything other than populist politics: are the people that different culturally or is rational-self interest creating a stronger awareness of divergent economic interests?
Apr 4, 7:17pm
