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Doc Searls joins the Plutopians to discuss social media’s impact on the Internet, mass media’s changes in the digital age, streaming music, movies, and much more. “Social media enhances conviviality… The post Doc Searls: Digital Age Media first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Plutopian discussion with visionary culture hacker Jean M. Russell, focusing on thrivability, healthcare, twisting language for political gains, social media, and much more. Jean engages in a social ecosystem design,… The post Jean Russell: Thrivability first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Scoop and Jon talk to author Carol Flake Chapman about politics, the religious right, Covid-19, grieving, and poetry. The post Carol Flake Chapman: Maybe We Will All Become Butterflies first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Ruth Glendinning and Kent Dahlgren discuss The Anti-Fragile Playbook and the power of soft capital. The Playbook outlines strategies for underserved people and communities to start an economic and social… The post The Anti-Fragile Playbook first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Members of the Plutopia team discuss social media (including Clubhouse and Facebook), streaming entertainment, cancel culture, cartoons, gurus, and cults. What is social media for? What is it good for?… The post Plutopia Team: The State of Social Media first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

“It’s not just robust, it’s not just resilient, but we will be stronger on the other side of adversity. So we went into the pandemic expecting to come out a… The post Christopher Rice and Donna Kidwell: The Future of Higher Education first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Joseph Rowe is a musician, composer, writer, storyteller. He is also an author and translator, and a meditator and teacher. He performs sacred music and conducts workshop with Catherine Braslavsky.… The post Joseph Rowe: Postmodern Madness first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Scoop and Jon discuss their experience of Winter Storm Uri in Texas. The post Scoop and Jon: Texas Snowpocalypse first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Emily Gertz is Senior Editor at Drilled News. She is also a journalist who reports on the intersections of climate, environment, science, technology and society. Emily, a regular Plutopia News… The post Emily Gertz: Climate Change Update first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

January 14 Plutopia Livestream with guest Tom Jennings! Jon, Scoop and Suzy talk to Tom about some of the history of network communications, as well as about current events. Tom… The post Tom Jennings on Plutopia Live first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

In this recording of the October 13, 2020 EFF-Austin meeting, Ritika Gopal discusses the current state of copyright law, and its ability to address modern-day forms of artistic expression. In… The post Ritika Gopal: Copyright Law and the Internet first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Photo: Jordan Reznick Sandy Stone is a cultural theoretician, audio engineer, computer hacker, filmmaker and performance artist; founding director of the Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) at the University of… The post Sandy Stone: Varying the Frequencies first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Robert Matney is Managing Director of Government Affairs at Yonder. Yonder was originally called New Knowledge, and was known for its role in developing the authoritative report on Russian influence… The post Robert Matney: Disinformation and Insurrection first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

In this episode, we discuss complexity, post-Covid foresight, climate change, and building capabilities to evolve and survive with Zaid Hassan. Zaid is a strategist, facilitator, social innovator and writer. He… The post Zaid Hassan: Complexity Requires Practice first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Justin Hall has a two decade history pushing the limits of networked media. His website Justin’s Links from the Underground launched in 1994. The site grew to thousands of hand-coded… The post Justin Hall: Links and Buds first appeared on Plutopia News Network .