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Archive for Robert Putnam – Page 2

What’s So Social About Machine Media? (1 of 2)

In the beginning there was “grunt media”—communication centered on a series of modulated grunts, groans, yelps, yells, screeches, coos, etc. Next came oral media—communication centered on a group of people sitting around telling stories. The history of communication media continues thus—media centered on communicating via… …clay tablets and a system of glyphs (typically about food […]

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Are You Suffering From the Heartbreak of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)?

Systems thinkers are trained to look and assess for such things as unintended consequences, side effects, and even “blowback.” I consider myself to be a systems thinker, and I consider our Foundation to be a systems focused foundation. In my first career I was a structural geologist. Geology, along with its close association to evolution […]

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Philanthropy: All Over the Place, All Over the Place

Comment on: Tax breaks for wealthy donors: Schools struggle, while the rich fund golf tourneys – CSMonitor.com. by Susan Froetschel / January 24, 2011 The above news item caught my eye. I think it’s right. Philanthropy is all over the place (philosophically), all over the place (geographically). The people who are making big bucks (like […]

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