scott heiferman at personal democracy forum europe
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Barcelona, 11/21/09TRANSCRIPT
(competing with pepsi)
What word do we see a LOT?
let’s develop something cool
together
Lets start supporting each other and
helping each other
let’s help each other out
let’s connect for a better
future
let’s make a movie
let’s clean up the beach
let’s talk MS
let’s beat cancer
let’s jump out of a perfectly good airplane
let’s go green
Local Exchange Transaction System
This is what happens when
people self-organize
Use the internet to get off the internet
Babysitting,Cheryl,
DIH
Tapping the “cognitive surplus” & the hunger for
community, connection, belief,
belonging
de-personalizedsuper-industrializedover-anonymized
lonely, hurting, feeling powerless
and/or broke
waiting for a way to be
powerfultogether
LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL
REAL COMMUNITYREAL COMMUNITYREAL COMMUNITY REAL COMMUNITY REAL COMMUNITY REAL COMMUNITY
LET’S LET’S LET’SLET’S LET’S LET’SLET’S LET’S LET’SLET’S LET’S LET’SLET’S LET’S LET’SLET’S LET’S LET’S
everything’s being re-invented,
by the people,self-organized
BUT WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO
WITH DEMOCRACY?
Tom Steinberg said to connect the
fisherpeople
What if the U.S. SBA connected SB people locally to support each
other?
Re-imagine Gov as a
platform for Connecting
People
THIS IS NOT WHAT THE MAYOR OF
BARCELONA WAS TALKING ABOUT
P2P = infinite scale & potential
P2P = gov’t saving $$$
de Tocqueville: "In democratic countries, the knowledge of how to combine is the mother of
all other forms of knowledge"
@heif: "in the 21st century, the technology for how to
combine is the mother of all awesomeness"
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE:Organizing the World’s Info
isn’t the only important mission
Information isn’t everything
Transparency isn’t enough
INFORMATION NEEDS
ACTION
YOUR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH & INFORMATION
AREN’T YOUR ONLY POWERFUL
HUMAN RIGHTS!
Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
and to freedom of association at all levels
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionARTICLE 12
FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND OF ASSOCIATION
The World’s People, Self-Organized
MEME
we have more power than ever to unleash collaboration & collective action
organizing isn't just to act against
"participation means lending your hands, not just your voices"
GOTFANS & FOLLOWERS?
FANS & FOLLOWERS ARE WASTED
GET THEM TO SELF-ORGANIZE
MOBILIZE THEM
MOBILIZE THEM TO HELP THEMSELVES
GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO KICK ASS
DISTRIBUTE RESPONSIBILITYNOT JUST INFO OR TASKS
THIS IS ABOUT
*DURABLE* MOVEMENTS
Would you help organize a PDF Community in your town?
SEE LEADERS EMERGE
WATCH PEOPLE BE POWERFUL
[email protected] @heif
We’re hiring engineers in NYC