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Savukoski, Lapland June 7th 2020
When Aleph Alchemy contacted me on this very day, I was in my parents' cottage in eastern Lapland with my family and friends. Many of my friends were on holiday, but some were working at least part of the time. I myself was concept designing the new features for the crowdsourcing society simulation app we had launched a couple of years ago to help with making policy decisions and the reasons behind them more transparent to the general… Continue
Posted on March 11, 2010 at 5:27am — 1 Comment
Social Innovator by Seeking Justice and Human Rights
My search for my social innovation hero was a long and winded one. I did not want to go with the references Aleph Alchemy has compiled - I was looking for something that had already impressed me on a personal level.
A doc**entary I saw two years ago popped in my mind - it was The Big Sellout directed by Florian Opitz. A story of cases of privatization gone awry in different parts of the world… Continue
A doc**entary I saw two years ago popped in my mind - it was The Big Sellout directed by Florian Opitz. A story of cases of privatization gone awry in different parts of the world… Continue
Posted on March 9, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments
Give a Man a Fish
I don't know who said it first, but she said it well:
"Anna hänelle kala ja hän syö päivän. Anna hänelle Kalashnikov niin hän syö hyvin loppuelämänsä."
That's Finnish for "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a Kalashnikov and...", well you know ;)
The secret of innovation I value most is the concept of co-creation. To put it short, you cannot innovate from outside a community. The things you can bring from… Continue
"Anna hänelle kala ja hän syö päivän. Anna hänelle Kalashnikov niin hän syö hyvin loppuelämänsä."
That's Finnish for "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a Kalashnikov and...", well you know ;)
The secret of innovation I value most is the concept of co-creation. To put it short, you cannot innovate from outside a community. The things you can bring from… Continue
Posted on March 5, 2010 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments
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Stinging Nettle
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The meal
It is 7'oclock, I was late home from work due to an assignment that i wanted to get ahead on. By the time I get home I am feeling extremley tired and I cannot be bothered to make a proper meal. I walk to the fridge and open it to see what there is for me to eat. All of the out of date foodstuffs have been automaticaly thrown away by the fridge, they will be recycled tomorrow as animal feed or something. I see i have organic local eggs and some local cheese. Foods are vacc** sealded for easy…See More
Future
FutureToday is 2020/1/1. It is just like yesterday. The war is still continuing. It has started since 2010. In 2010, that year was a horrible year. Almost every energy ran out. Every country’s governments were crushed down at the same time. There were riots everywhere. All of the big company’s bosses were killed xdeadx in the riots. Troops fought each other everywhere. Food was bought up xawayx at once. There were no more food supplies in any shops. The economy was all crushed down. All the…See More
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