Wintermute's Blog – May 2010 Archive (16)

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After seeing a couple people, like Agent Ternura posting their list of 5 evoke heroes I though that I would create a list as well. Conversation and debate increases awareness of issues as well as gets the participants closer to the truth. To have a meaningful conversation there needs to a disagreement, my list of Evoke Heroes are all agents that have encouraged dialogue by presenting views that were counter to… Continue

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We are the young, the fearless, the new. You; lie, cheat, steal, dirty our waters, pollute our air, take--and give nothing back. This has been your world, but that is going to change. We are going to make it change. We are EVOKE and this is our Manifesto.



We will fix this world that you have so ignorantly destroyed. We will share ideas, resources, time and wealth to those who need it most. We will collaborate in such numbers that the very ground will shake. You will see our deeds and… Continue

While EVOKE is an amazing initiative for next season there needs to be some serious updates.

• Instant messaging needs to be an internal service, communication via emails is like using letters in a world with the telephone
• File Storage - A place to keep your work in progress
• Private blogs - If you want to promote creativity sometimes what you need is a closed door

Overall EVOKE2.0 should have a stronger focus on collaboration regardless of the… Continue

When called to organize a group for the 2011 pandemic I would use a strong talented group that I am member of: Boy Scouts of America



The Boy Scouts of America is a strong organization that educates young men on: survival, life saving, team work, resourcefulness and community service. The boy scouts would be an ideal resource to tap into in case of a dire emergency and my rank as Eagle would give me the prestige within the community to mobilize such an effort. What would make the scouts… Continue

this movie changed my life, or at least my perception of other human beings. It also makes me very, very angry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dA89CBBOC0

While reading the Nieman Guide to covering pandemics, specifically, "coming to terms with uncertainty" I was interested in what was said regarding this:



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I am 23 now so in 77 years 2087 I will be 100. That is a long time spent

on this earth. Seeing the telescoping rate at which our civilizations

are accelerating it is impossible to predict what life will be like. We

might be cyborgs or genetically altered, we could be a race of floating

brains in space. Will the knowledge that I have even be worth sharing?

Will it be applicable? Certainly my advice on graphic design won't, how

about on relationships? The human… Continue

I decided to record three essential Australian Aboriginal religious

sites onto a wooden box that I made.



The central image that covers the top is of Uluru or Ayers Rock. Uluru

is believed to be a great snake that came down from the cosmos. "This is

Uluru's symbol of the Great Rainbow Snake ( a symbol of

fertility.) This is shaped like a horseshoe when set on its side with

the open end to the left. The lower part of the U undulates and is then

said to be… Continue

Michele sent me this interesting video,



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYX6wwtgwFg



It briefly doc**ents the Yami people, "an indigenous Polynesian tribe on the island of Lanyu, 70 miles east off Taiwan" The video starts by showing how the Yami people to survive the strong winds built their houses below ground, which is pretty interesting. Then the focus of the piece becomes how the number of Yami people are… Continue

My main issue with my town of Bedford is the great road which is just that. A really big road that cuts through the entire town. It is a class B highway because of how… Continue

When considering the food of the future I really am having a hard time predicting what will happen. There are two trends that I can foresee becoming dominant philosophies; lab synthesized food which is cheap to produce and supplies all of the nutrients our bodies require, and mass local farming initiatives that seek to put rich natural foods on every plate.



Surprising I don't actually have a preference and since the two philosophies are not mutually exclusive what might happen is a… Continue

My act 4 was to promote Charity Water to my network as well as this one.



In blogs like this one, I talk about what I believe makes Charity Water successful and why they should continue to be supported.



http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/be-remarkable



The result of all this campaigning is that my friends and I started a fund to try and fund the drilling of a well. I don't know if it will… Continue

Michele Baron and I worked together to create a dark site for the eventual Robot Uprising that will take place in Cambridge Mass at the MIT campus. Check out the link, if you have any information that you would like added to the site just post it as a comment.

http://sites.google.com/site/krueap/home…

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Hello Evoke,



Currently This area of Boston is under a Boil Water Order. A water main pipe burst at 10am on May first leaving 2 million residence without water. Many local drug stores like CVS have already reported selling out of water.



It has not been announced when the Boil Water Order will be lifted but aid in the crisis 2.5 million gallons of water have been ordered that… Continue