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The Collective Power of Blogs and The Calculus of Torment
Posted on Mar 20th, 2006
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~C4Chaos
~C4Chaos
Matthew Gross via UNICEF People (thanks to Tru for the heads up) --
Blogs can harness collective power to change the world -- Online community expert, Matthew Gross, examines the potential of online journals as both powerful and empowering tools.I agree. Well put. In general, the blogosphere moves laterally. That's called span. But the blogosphere doesn't have to be a spanning flatland all the time. It could use compassion and depth. This is one of the major goals of Zaadz Pod: Kosmic Blogging 101 -- to move information not only laterally but especially vertically (e.g. interior development). DEPTH and SPAN. That's why it is important for us bloggers to do self-evaluation and clarify our intentions on why and how to best approach the blogging medium. We must change ourselves first, so we can change OUR world. Anything less will be a burden to the calculus of our own collective torment.
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But blogs aren’t just a cheap way of starting your own website, or another way of broadcasting a message—because the blogosphere is an inherently democratic medium. Information in the blogosphere moves laterally (rather than vertically, as it does in traditional and hierarchical forms of mass communication). The seed of an idea, written about by one person on their blog, can be almost instantly expanded upon by another person linking to the original post.
"We must forgive each other our arising, for our existence always torments others. The golden rule in the midst of this mutual misery has always been, not to do no harm, but as little as possible; and not to love one another, but as much as you can."
-- Ken Wilber, Excerpt B: The Many Ways We Touch - The Calculus of Uncomfort
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Serendipity.
..Sir Coolmel……I appoint you the white Knight of the Blogospere.):)wasnt it Lancelot in the Arthus Saga…? Or Ivanhoe?…
call me Little John.