"The single most important decision any of us will ever make is whether or not to believe the universe is friendly." Albert Einstein

web of trust
metagovernment
open politics
open design

[[bitcoin]]
startnext

thoughts:
 a website where everyone writes his own needs, and people can satisfy them
 organization of needs
 statistics and so on. value created
 keep track of what is being donated
 company that produces something and gives it to people who need it
 specialized volunteering
 a matter of culture: just use your free time to do something for other people

a problem:
	water, land, shelter, food, education, health
	should be public 

The Power of Organizing Without Organizations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvhkgSFq170
	Clay Shirky
		http://www.shirky.com/weblog/
	collaborative patterns:
	 linux, wikipedia: technick
	 sharing
	 conversation
	 collective actions:
	 	"where a group actually comes together not just to collaborate to produce a word product, but to create some change in the world"
		cool! was talking about that some years ago! [[collaboration_idea]]
	indymedia
	p2p communication with android!

Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_iN_QubRs0 
	internet: groups and conversation, many2many

Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7ZpWecIS8
	ushahidy
	digital technology and human generosity
	free time
	late pickup: very interesting experiment
	designing for generosity
	communal vs civic:
		civic makes life better for society as a whole, not only the participants
	organizations designed around a culture of generosity
	free cultures get what they celebrate

Clay Shirky - Where do people find the time Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyoNHIl-QLQ
	where do the people find the time? nobody who works in television should ask that question
	architecture of participation
	wiki crime map
	look at places where the user has been locked out and try to carve out a bit of cognitive surplus - make him interact

open source hardware

gift economy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy
 "Gift Economy: Refuting the Market Logic": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4hFVcl6Vo
 really really free market
 Hyde: the gift must always move
 pay it forward: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pCtXRP1edo
 	what to do? who will accept help?
	Lily Hardy Hammond: "You don't pay love back; you pay it forward."
	http://www.gift-economy.com
		homo donans: http://www.gift-economy.com/homod/homodonans_frt.html
	An Internet Gift Economy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-win6BIIpQ
		friend to friend network
		quantifying sympathy: how much of your profit you'd give up to prevent their loss
			there is indirect sympathy
			alternative transactions

altruistic economies
	oneloveeconomy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13E2hk0ZQcE&feature=related
		exactly how it should be!
		the problem of a money based economy: "the more money you have, the easier it is to make more money"
		"in a gift economy people are valued by their generosity"
			doesn't scale so easily
			with modern technology it is possible
	Altruists International: http://www.altruists.org
		Robin Upton
	the Freeconomy Community: http://justfortheloveofit.org/
	http://www.freecycle.org
	http://gifteconomy.org
	http://www.free-economy.org/
		It's Not About Saving the World part 93 - The Free Economy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvvMLrJ8cTs
	http://thefreefarm.org/
		free food!

fundraising: http://www.citizeneffect.org/

Liberty and the Free Market: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Y339GxjA8

Help others: http://www.helpothers.org
	Top 10 Kindness Stories of 2011: http://www.helpothers.org/story.php?sid=29442
	http://www.helpothers.org/ideas.php
	very inspiring website

crowdsourcing:
	quirky:
		http://vimeo.com/23382817