[P2P-F] Please help fund our guide to Understanding Today's Economic Transformation

Sat Mar 19 08:14:40 CET 2011

Dear Sam,

it's already on ning and facebooked/tweeted,

feel free to also put it on our regular blog, March 30 or after,

Michel

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> we just kicked off this project on RocketHub! We're hoping many of you will
> find this work useful enough to contribute, and pass along to others:
>
> http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation<http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation#>
>  Understanding Today's Economic Transformation
>
> [image: 1300474757-xl]
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> *Project Description*
>
> *Do you want to understand what is driving our evolving economy in a way
> that you can use today?*
>
> It is no longer news that the old economy is collapsing around us. But it
> is easy to miss the new economy that is emerging. *This project will
> produce a guide that brings together research and a model into a set of
> literacies for understanding today’s changing global economy.* This guide
> will be based on:
>
>
>
>    1. *research* on today's changing global economy as an evolving system.
>    2. a complex systems *simulation* people can use to understand
>    important dynamics transforming that system.
>
>
>
> This work will draw on work from key thinkers in fields ranging from social
> media to economics (for example, Howard Rheingold, Douglas Rushkoff,
> Lawrence Lessig, Chris Anderson, and Elinor Ostrom).
>
> Merging the work of these key thinkers with the dynamics of the model will
> reveal how what is collapsing creates opportunities for what is emerging.
> The resulting guide will provide you with scenarios and suggestions for
> creating strategies to help you move forward in the new economy.
>
>
> *The Creative Team*
>
> Future Forward Institute:  http://futureforwardinstitute.com
>
>    - Sam Rose is an expert in open-source software, hardware, open data
>    and open knowledge background. Sam has participated in curriculum
>    development, research and real world implementation in the areas discussed
>    in this proposal.
>    - Richard C. Adler is an electronic records archivist, former Borders
>    buyer/merchandiser, and information culture historian who bring a historical
>    perspective on the long-term trends and pivotal events that created the old
>    economy and what factors may influence the creation of the economy to come.
>    - Paul B. Hartzog is a scholar of panarchy, complex systems, emergence,
>    ecology, cooperation, commons, culture, politics, economics, and social
>    theory.
>
>
>
>
>
> Note:
>
> 1. RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from
> fans for rewards from me.
> 2. It's an All & More funding mechanism: if I don't reach my financial goal
> I get to keep what I raise. But if I do reach my goal, I get access to
> exciting opportunities.
> Please see
> http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation<http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation#> to
> contribute and for more information
>
> --
> --
> Sam Rose
> Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation
> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552
> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451
> skype: samuelrose
> email: samuel.rose at gmail.com
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