Ramblings by Paolo on Web2.0, Wikipedia, Social Networking, Trust, Reputation, …

If I look at the situation of democracy around the globe, I feel really bad. I think our last hope is Brazil and Lula and the participatory democracy adopted in Porto Alegre.

But this post is about free software.
Brazil believes that free software is an excellent tool for the democratization of knowledge, foreign currency savings, and the optimization of institutional investments and costs. The model also offers perspectives for Brazilian industries to research, create, and develop new free software programs.
Source: Brazzil (found on WorldChanging).
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I have never feel so able to shape the future … and I’m surrounded by great people!

Networking A Sustainable Future

http://www.planetwork.net

http://collaboratory.planetwork.net/

http://collaboratory.planetwork.net/blogs.html

http://collaboratory.planetwork.net/linktank_whitepaper/

THE AUGMENTED SOCIAL NETWORK:
BUILDING IDENTITY AND TRUST INTO THE NEXT-GENERATION INTERNET
A Link Tank Report
by Ken Jordan, Jan Hauser, and Steven Foster

also published on

http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/current_issue/jordan/index.html