Democracy Archives - Jon Lebkowsky

Yochai Benkler runs it down: the NSA, our rights, America in decline

Jon Lebkowsky / September 13, 2013

Yochai Benkler shines a summary light on NSA revelations. I personally don’t think the problem is the NSA but the […]

Culture, Democracy, Futures, Government, Politics

Bruce Schneier: Liars and Outliers

Jon Lebkowsky / September 4, 2012

Check out our conversation on the WELL with security expert Bruce Schneier, who among other things is responsible for the

Democracy, Politics

Taking leave of our consensus

Jon Lebkowsky / November 3, 2011

Tree Bressen, guest-posting at Dave Pollard’s “How to Save the World” blog, has a helpful summary of consensus process mistakes

Democracy, Politics

Call me Trim Tab

Jon Lebkowsky / October 24, 2011

We’re packing for a move, and when you move it shakes out all the dust and skittering spiders in your

4th Way, Community, Consciousness, Democracy, Politics

Go deeper

Jon Lebkowsky / October 18, 2011

A couple of @https://weblogsky.com tweets re #OWS: [blackbirdpie id=”125761219188621312″] [blackbirdpie id=”125951840578846723″] Revolutions won at a superficial level take us into

Democracy, Economy, Futures, Politics

What #OccupyWallStreet is about

Jon Lebkowsky / October 10, 2011

#OccupyWallStreet is just the sort of movement I’ve been expecting. It’s a true grassroots movement catalyzed and sustained by social

Community, Democracy, Government, Media, Participatory Medicine, Politics, Teaching and Learning

Collaboration, cooperation, democracy

Jon Lebkowsky / June 17, 2011

Everybody’s head is a strange universe filled with echos of voices they’ve heard over and over again. Against this, we

Business, Community, Democracy

Doc Searls on user-driven democracy

Jon Lebkowsky / June 8, 2011

Speaking at the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum, Doc talks about how power relationships work in markets vs how they should

Democracy, Politics

Busted for dancing at Jefferson Memorial

Jon Lebkowsky / May 30, 2011

This is a hell of a thing to see on Memorial Day. This would be a real nightmare for some

Community, Democracy, Futures, Networks, Politics

Emerging thoughts

Jon Lebkowsky / May 18, 2011

I’ve been in conversation with a diverse group of people who are interested creating a next version of the Internet

Democracy, Events

SXSW 2011

Jon Lebkowsky / March 18, 2011

Intense week at SXSW, starting with the Ed Ward/Jon Lebkowsky breakfast Saturday morning, followed by a Project VRM workshop organized

Democracy, Global, News, Politics

Egypt’s fired up

Jon Lebkowsky / January 29, 2011

Coincidentally while I’ve been at the TXGov20Camp that I’ve worked on (via EFF-Austin, along with the LBJ School), what looks

Democracy, Politics

Sterling on Assange

Jon Lebkowsky / December 27, 2010

Bruce Sterling’s analysis of Wikileaks is long, engaging, and depressing. The cables that Assange leaked have, to date, generally revealed