Rock-n-Go 岩棋志

He picked the date for this open letter:

For more than 50 years now, we have been living in the era of television politics. In the 1950s television first began to have a major impact on politics, and the results were overwhelming.

Broadcast media brought us broadcast politics. And let’s be simple and bluntly honest about it, left or right, conservative or liberal, broadcast politics are dumb, dumb, dumb.

…… Together, we will start to work on educating and engaging the political campaigns about how to stop being broadcast politicians, and how to start being community and participatory politicians.

读书，新生命将要诞生：

有生命的系统就像机器，这很对，然而生命体这台机器却具有与一般意义上的机器全然不同的组织形式。有生命的系统似乎总是自下而上地。从大量极其简单的系统群中涌现出来，而不是工程师自上而下设计的那种机器。一个细胞包含了许多蛋白、DNA和其它生物分子；一个大脑包含了许多神经元；一个胚胎包含了许多相互作用的细胞；一个蚂蚁王国包含了许多蚂蚁。从这个意义上来说，一种经济包含了许多公司和个人。

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Is this a cultural and technological phenomenon, or just a new way to goldbrick?

How can one make a difference?

How can we rise up to the challenge?

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