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The Evolution of Sharing

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Sharing isn't unique to humans but we seem to do it a lot more than any other mammals. Read more »

Dear Facebook, You Call That Sharing? (Towards a Sharing Manifesto)

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The resource-sharing movement is building, but to get it to the next level (where sharing is a natural, easy part of our daily lives) we need more people to dive in and start doing it. Read more »

An Imaginary City That Changed the 20th Century

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Before he invented the safety razor, King Camp Gillette was a futurist. In 1894, he published plans for a porcelain, hexagonal city with transparent sidewalks. Read more »

The Weeds of Ecotopia, Part Two

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In part one of our conversation with Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach and Farm City author Novella Carpenter, we explored the roots of the Ecotopian vision. Now in part two, we look at its impact on younger generations. Read more »

The Guy Who Worked For Money

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Nera waited for Malka in the big outer living room of 534a.tower5.loverslump.frankfurt.de -- Jörg's place. It had been six months since Nera was last here. Four months ago, she'd forced herself to stop watching and commenting. Read more »

The Great Gulf Enclosure

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The noxious gusher of oil flowing from one mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico is an unprecedented environmental disaster, no doubt about it. This morning, yet another accident set it gushing again, full force. Read more »

Dogs Make Great Neighbors

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I'm a dog owner. In fact, I spend so much time and energy on my dogs that I have recently taken to calling myself a crazy dog lady. I figure hey, at least it's better than being a crazy cat lady. Read more »

Blinded by Open Science

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Shareable advisor Bernice Yeung pointed me to this article in the magazine Science:

History is replete with stories of scientists who hid their ideas from their competition; consider Leonardo da Vinci, whose odd backward writing may . Read more »

A Teen Guide to Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces

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"When I was a teenager living in rural Nova Scotia, there were two two places kids spent most of their time when they weren't at school: the McDonald's parking lot and a gigantic sand pit," writes Hadley Dyer in her new book Watch T. Read more »

The African Commons

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Dr. Tendayi Viki was born and raised in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. He is now senior lecturer in social psychology at the University of Kent in England. Read more »
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