In the first 2 minutes of this interview from Supernova, Clay touches on the reason why Lifekludger as a collaborative eco system for good hasn’t yet got traction.
So far most of the action on the net has been to organise group activity around STOP actions (eg: protests) not START actions (positive change building). [more info. from Chris Carfi]
Social density and continuity of goals are the two things required to take the action of a group from the net into a force for good.
Link: sevenload.com
Dave
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