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Urgent Evoke Open Manifesto
Urgent Evoke is an ever-evolving entity; nothing is set in stone. Urgent Evoke is owned by the agents, and will reflect the current attitudes and philosophies of the agents.
0) the 'Evoke' - anyone can send an 'Evoke' call to Urgent Evoke. an 'Evoke' is a request for help that is sent to the Urgent Evoke network. agents will work together to solve 'Evokes'.
1) independent - Urgent Evoke is independent of nationality, politics and location. agents…
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Added by nomadHAR on May 10, 2010 at 11:20pm — No Comments
Evoke Manifesto - first draft - principles and ethics - wait for your comments - Imagine10
Goals and principles of the network:
Creativity
Scalability
Responsiveness
Glocality
Circularity
Ethics of an Evoke Agent:
Traits
- Caring/morally‐driven
- Systemic/holistic thinker
- Enquiring/open‐minded
- Self‐aware/empathetic
- Visionary/courageous
Styles
- Inclusive
- Visionary
- Creative
- Altruistic
- Radical
Skills
- Manage complexity
- Communicate… Continue
Creativity
Scalability
Responsiveness
Glocality
Circularity
Ethics of an Evoke Agent:
Traits
- Caring/morally‐driven
- Systemic/holistic thinker
- Enquiring/open‐minded
- Self‐aware/empathetic
- Visionary/courageous
Styles
- Inclusive
- Visionary
- Creative
- Altruistic
- Radical
Skills
- Manage complexity
- Communicate… Continue
Added by MirkoZ on May 10, 2010 at 10:49pm — No Comments
Imagine10 Evoke Manifesto
The world continues to face urgent and ongoing problems, ranging from black swan events to miasmic trends. Finance, food security, energy, environment, water issues, gender issues, human and earthling-species "global rights," the drive to not only survive but thrive -- Evoke agents listen, learn, look, leap -- whenever and wherever they are needed. Their code? Honor, team, support, sustainability. Their manifesto? Below:…
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Godling, Guardian or Guide
a person (or group) with some form of ownership in an area can interact with other residents in 3 ways.
The Godling
the Godling acts as the undisputed owner and master of the area. they enforce the rules as they see fit, and their actions cannot be questioned. they believe that they alone know what is best for the area and the people. the Godling exhibits a deep sense of hierarchal order, elitism and entitlement similar to Confucianism and 'The…
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Added by nomadHAR on May 6, 2010 at 4:52am — 12 Comments
UE Next: My Vision
Urgent Evoke has been an interesting experiment with fusing Web 2.0 with social activism. while i believe that the World Bank's reasons for funding this are FAR less than honorable, i believe that UE has some very positive results because of the wonderful community that it now consists of.
A) WHICH great challenges and social problems should the EVOKE Network tackle next?
1) Corruption in Government - most people just tell me, 'good…
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Ethics in Journalism: Abusing Risk
every piece of journalism carries a certain amount of risk, which is divided into hazard and outrage. Peter Sandman clearly and accurately describes and demonstrates the difference between hazard and outrage.…
Added by nomadHAR on May 6, 2010 at 1:33am — No Comments
Censorship versus Freedom in Urgent Evoke
censorship is the absolute enemy of freedom. censorship is a weapon used by corrupt governments, cowardly corporations and conservative extremists to SILENCE dissent, restrict INFORMATION and enforce their 'morals'. simply take a look at the extreme on-going cases of Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and China. even in places with laws protecting FREE SPEECH, the battle is on-going.
the arguments for censorship consists of sheltering people and children from 'inappropriate'…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 24, 2010 at 1:00am — 118 Comments
Final Crash and the Community Trading Post
ten years has seen some major changes in the ideas surrounding money and currency. after what is now called the 'Final Crash' of 2018, people finally decided to end the affair with the stock market and unstable trading/currencies. the currencies of individual countries had fluctuated to the point that they were no longer even usable. companies that relied heavily on stock value collapsed. the 'too big to…
Secret of Missing EVOKE Powers and Social Activism
the EVOKE 'powers' just seem suspect to me, with the fact that the World Bank is sponsoring Urgent Evoke. many of the 'powers' focus on invention and capitalism. people have been involved in entrepreneurship for centuries; however, many of the worst problems don't go away by throwing money at them.
0) COMPASSION - LOVE, not…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 14, 2010 at 10:09pm — 15 Comments
Final End to Water Profiteering
we finally decided to send our most ambitious and widespread message yet. this is news of one year later.
one major ROOT of the problem still remained, however. while water quality has improved and the amount of…
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Water Conservation and Security
as has been pointed out, there is so little actually usable water in the world. along with efforts to make sure that people have free or cheap access to water, some of us must also look at ourselves. for those of us like myself that live in the parts of world that use the most water, we must REDUCE our use of water.
in truth, i feel guilty every time i take a shower, because i know that many people don't have clean water to live on, let alone bathe…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 11, 2010 at 3:12am — No Comments
Reducing Energy Use: Why This Must Happen First
we simply must reduce the amount of energy we are consuming, especially those of us like myself that live in the worst offending countries. why?
world consumption of energy is projected to grow by as much as 44% by some sources.
at the current growing rate of consumption, it will become impossible to power…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 11, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments
Irshad Manji, Moral Courage and the Reformist Quran
was just reminded of this, something one of my best friends made me aware of, so one more post before i go to sleep...
i want to share a bit about a woman working for social change on several fronts: Irshad Manji
one is her Moral Courage project. so what is moral courage? from her website, "it's the willingness to be original, unique and…
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I Will Monitor The Gender Equality News Sites of My Choice
how about i expose the fact that Urgent Evoke is trying to force us to look at only the news that they want us to see?
here's some dirt-digging on UN created projects that have harmed women for years:
Added by nomadHAR on April 9, 2010 at 12:42am — 30 Comments
Be Wary of Investors, Including Those of Urgent Evoke
i have been following Urgent Evoke from the beginning and only had the chance to start recently. however, i have noticed a bit of a trend that i think arises from the fact that this is funded by the World Bank. there seems to be a large focus on capitalism and entrepreneurship; as opposed to volunteering, charities and non-profit organizations. as in, Urgent Evoke rarely mentions the latter three.
Gandhi did not use business and capitalism in social activism.…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 8, 2010 at 2:00pm — 15 Comments
USA Military Continues Campaign of Intimidation and Murdering of Journalists and Children
yet another case of killing innocent people, including reporters and journalists. the video release by the brave whistleblowers on Wikileaks shows that the people fired upon were CLEARLY not armed or engaged in any sort of aggressive stance. the soldiers and commanders responsible will receive NO punishment of any kind. from the New York Times article:
“Look at those dead bastards,” one pilot says. “Nice,” the other…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 6, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments
charity: water on Facebook, new mycharity: water BETA
i have been a part of the charity: water Facebook Cause since nearly the beginning, when there were maybe a few hundred people. one of my main driving forces and roles in life is that of information provider; i have been trying to get more people to get involved, but the going is rough. i hope that perhaps i can EVOKE other agents to join in this wonderful and innovative charity.…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 6, 2010 at 8:19am — No Comments
charity: water
i was in early on this one due to a very good friend of mine that has intimate and direct links to the founders of this project, though i haven't been nearly involved as i should be. charity: water combines all of the parts of a brilliant and wonderful humanitarian project: innovation, results, foresight and accountability.
the innovation:
charity: water focuses on…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 6, 2010 at 7:54am — No Comments
Against Social Darwinism, a Response to Pure Capitalism
i believe that capitalism has its merits, but i cannot agree that it is the perfect system. in truth, there are no countries that adhere completely to capitalism; most are hybrid capitalist with regulatory laws and socialist programs. this is similar to the fact that most countries that are called democracies are actually democratic republics. there is a very good and simple reason for these hybrid systems.
it is for preventing tyranny of the ma****, otherwise…
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Added by nomadHAR on April 5, 2010 at 9:08pm — 4 Comments
Energy Source That Covers Most of the Earth
yes, the ocean.
though the combination of gravity effects from the moon and other large bodies and its own mass and volume, it is one of the great resources of energy that remains mostly untapped. clean and renewable, power obtained from the ocean could easily power the entire planet several times over with just a fraction of its potential energy.
of course, great care and attention must be made towards the possible problems that could be…
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