Comments on: ‘A fundamental reboot’

By: SocialSofties » Blog Archive » Are we done yet?

SocialSofties » Blog Archive » Are we done yet? — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:12:31 +0000

[...] is, zoals Jeff Jarvis het aangeeft nav een sessie van het World Economic Forum, tijd voor een “fundamental reboot”. En ook Thomas L. Friedman sluit zich hierbij aan, evenals Fred [...]

By: Internet censorship in Dubai-Bruce Schneier « FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:41:31 +0000

[...] was on the “Future of the Internet” council; fellow council members Ethan Zuckerman and Jeff Jarvis have written about the [...]

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SocialSofties » Blog Archive » Risico’s, relaties en vertrouwen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:19:56 +0000

[...] de blog van Jeff Jarvis ontdekte ik onderstaande quote: “The outlook for the global economy is the worst that many of us [...]

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:42:21 +0000

Jeff, thank you for this post, and sharing the content of the discussion. While I agree with many of the issues, there wasn’t anything I could point to as especially new or enlightening here. Was the objective of the meeting to see if there was global concensus on these issues? Or were there more solid takeaways for action?

What’s your opinion on what will happen going forward?

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New Media Versus Print Journalism: Finally, a Deathmatch! / Jossip — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:14:40 +0000

[...] for losing their jobs in a field he predicted was dying off ages ago, while he is living it up, hanging out at Dubai conferences and talking about the future. (What is with Dubai [...]

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:06:18 +0000

[...] view on agriculture statistics. Specifically he delved into the idea of data as a “public good“. If you dozed through that part of economics class a public good is where the [...]

By: WebMetricsGuru » Global Elite Sweats out in Daubi - maybe Web Analytics can help

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:52:49 +0000

[...] – I guess the world is not in the best shape, either, judging from Jeff Jarvis’s post on ‘A fundamental reboot’ which is a rare glimpse in the goings on of the Global Elite – that regularly meets at Davos, [...]

By: The Analytics Guru

The Analytics Guru — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:36:16 +0000

[...] ‘A fundamental reboot’ Jeff Jarvis brings up this very telling point near the end of his long post about attending the [...]

By: robertdfeinman

robertdfeinman — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:22:19 +0000

1. An elite group of people travel to a petro-state which wants to flaunt its new wealth to discuss why such trends are destroying the planet. Where was the use of new technology so that the need for travel could be eliminated and others could be allowed to participate?

2. Capitalism is doing just fine. The trend towards even greater consolidation of firms is continuing just as classic theory predicts. Some in the blogosphere have even started to notice. Here’s an example from today.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/11/8/123958/632

What is different this time is that governments are actively supporting the enlargement of trusts. Capitalism has morphed into state capitalism. Government run by big business is antithetical to the democratic basis of western society. I don’t get a vote on what Exxon or Goldman Sachs does.

3. Capitalism is not just a means of raising capital for new ventures, but has adopted as a goal continual growth by firms. Much of this is pushed by Wall Street which demands continual growth in order to generate ever greater returns to “investors”. This is also unwise in an environment where population pressures and declining resource availability are becoming concerns. This type of entrepreneurship will not be suitable in the future and having meetings of those most wedding to this system is not a good way to find the economic system that will have to replace it.

The ring of civil wars that is surrounding the developed states should be a warning as to what to expect when the resource conflicts really get severe. We are seeing more failed states or states kept in permanent conflict that is supported by the developed (and developing) nations since such lawlessness enables the resource consumers to obtain what they wish with impunity. The banana republics of old have been replaced by the oil, mineral states: Sudan, Nigeria, etc.

By: markbrand

markbrand — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:58:56 +0000

There is a lot to chew on, thanks for sharing. To pick up on one digestible element – rebooting “government (the internet enables a national brainstorming)” and the issue of transparency and aggregation of responders – Perhaps we will see the new administrations use the Internet as effectively in governing as they did campaigning. A first class solution to voting to tabulate true popular responses, an open-ended blog pond of national issues consensus, and a reexamination of how government represents laws in process with Fedex tracking IDs and putting faces on who is for and against, executive orders you show approval with blogist side-chatter as to implications, pie-chart budgets you dial to give immediate feedback to the legislature and executives in charge.

By: President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:25:43 +0000

Muslim clerics endorse anti-terror fatwa

HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 8 (UPI) — About 6,000 Muslim clerics from around India approved a fatwa against terrorism Saturday at a conference in Hyderabad.
Maulana Qari Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri, president of the Jamaiat-Ulama-i-Hind, called terrorism the most serious problem facing Islam, The Hindu reported. He blamed Islamic radicals for their actions and the news media for failing to distinguish between the radicals and the majority of Muslims.

“We have no love for offenders whichever religion they might belong to,” he said. “Our concern is that innocents should not be targeted and the career of educated youth not ruined. The government should ensure transparency in investigation.”

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/08/Muslim_clerics_endorse_anti-terror_fatwa/UPI-38241226199440/

By: President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:17:50 +0000

Hell Mr. Jarvis;

I wanted to thank you for staying silent throughout the latter half of the election campaign. I applaud you for the self-control you exhibited by not reverting to your usual concern trolling.

By: Marc Dangeard

Marc Dangeard — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:24:05 +0000

I really like the last piece on crisis being an opportunity for change:
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innovation and creation and invention are the real cures and the real means for growth and I hope we concentrate on them. WEF head Klaus Schwab does address the theme in his closing: “entrepreneurship in the global public interest.”
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It would be nice that these people look into the financing of these entrepreneurs as a way to help them do a more efficient job at changing the world. The current model for financing entrepreneurs is not working for entrepreneurs but for investors, and this is a real problem. Entrepreneur Commons (www.entrepreneurcommons.org) is focusing on this, hopefully more will see the need…