In a way, Mahatma Gandhi conceptualized smart villages. A champion of participatory democracy and grassroots development, he believed that making villages self-contained and sustainable was the first step towards empowering India. Seven decades after independence, India is nowhere close to realizing Gandhi’s vision of empowered villages. However, an example of Harisal, a small village in Read More
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Monique Morrow – The Humanized Internet
By Monique J. Morrow, Co-Founder and President As a tenet The Humanized Internet [THI] is Human-centric Internet that empowers people, communities, societies and economies around the world. A self-organizing Humanized Internet where people are allowed to take control of their own destiny and unleash a whole new era of Personal Innovation, Creativity, and Free-Thinking Lifestyles. Read More
The Internet’s Next Frontier: Getting Better at Getting Better Together
Published by The Marconi Society – (article link) By Paula Reinman Coauthored by Mei Lin Fung Mei Lin Fung’s work is defined by her heritage, starting with her great-great grandfather who escaped famine in China by accepting indentured servitude in return for his passage British Guyana in South America. A self-made man who invested in education, Read More
The Co-Inventor of Siri and Viv Focuses on Human Intelligence Augmentation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Eileen Clegg Within 12 years, could we see ‘The Singularity’ — the merging of human + machine? That’s the popular meme on the streets of Silicon Valley, but Adam Cheyer calls it unlikely. And Cheyer has a deep understanding of artificial intelligence (A.I.) as the co-inventor of Apple’s Siri and, more recently, Viv, a company Read More
What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless
Mei Lin Fung writes: “One reason to stay connected to the People Centered Internet is that we connect to each other and thrive ourselves by sharing a common goal: Connect to Thrive. This gives us meaning and purpose independent of everything else that is going on. It is not easy to stay connected – people Read More
Internet Affordability Report 2017
Roving reporter Katim Touray writes to us about this report: “Interestingly, The Gambia (my country) has relatively high marks in the report, although these numbers belie the reality on the ground: I might have a 1 MB ADSL connection, but I only get electricity from the grid every other day! Nevertheless, it seems a lot Read More
Google’s chief internet evangelist seems nervous about Trump’s tech policy
AUSTIN—South By Southwest’s most overdressed speaker, like many others, came to talk shop about the internet. The chief internet evangelist for Google (GOOG, GOOGL) made his first SXSW appearance as he does others: nattily attired in a three-piece suit. Cerf’s onstage interview by Susan Hassler, editor Source: www.yahoo.com/tech/googles-chief-internet-evangelist-seems-nervous-about-trumps-tech-policy-232602214.html
Vint Cerf: An Internet For And By The People
SXSW 2017 Schedule | One of the Internet’s fathers, Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and Founder of the People-Centered Internet (PCI) makes his first-ever SXSW appearance to provide a future Internet forecast. Find out about the unprecedented partnership opportunities between the technology community and international/private finance that will help connect the three billion Read More
An Inclusive Internet as Global Asset
Balancing Leadership & Control So All May Connect to Thrive By Carrie Ford Hilliker September 9, 2016 In a series of recent statements, the Obama Administration argues against “a fragmented Internet that divides us rather than unites us, that minimizes the voice of people and maximizes their ability to cloud the truth.” The United States recognizes Read More
Systems Thinking, Asymmetric Information, and the People Centered Internet
By Peter Whitehead August 10, 2016 In 2001, the Royal Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof and Michael Spence for their seminal contribution to the economics of information [1]. Their concept shows how informational asymmetries can give rise to adverse selection in markets. George Akerlof called this Read More