The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “social web”

7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less
7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less

Inconspicuous consumption, or what lunching ladies have to do with social web karma.

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OpenIDEO: Collaborative Design for Social Good
OpenIDEO: Collaborative Design for Social Good

A global drawing board, or what your DQ has to do with making the world a better place.

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Visualizing Divisions and Bridges in Cyberspace
Visualizing Divisions and Bridges in Cyberspace

What the Tea Party has to do with Twitter and the anxieties of dating.

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Market Maketh Man: Distortions of Democracy
Market Maketh Man: Distortions of Democracy

Equilibrium, apathy and what John Stuart Mill has to do with medical marijuana.

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Uncovered Gem: Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village
Uncovered Gem: Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village

Why tribal man is the future of communication, or what TED has to do with Playboy.

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it’s a sickness: The Obsession Network
it’s a sickness: The Obsession Network

What deviled eggs have to do with Jason Bateman, gay rights and The Beatles.

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Life in a Day: Google Crowdsources Humanity
Life in a Day: Google Crowdsources Humanity

Documenting the world, or how to take one of 6.7 billion pathways to Sundance.

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Summer Reading: 5 Curated Recommendations
Summer Reading: 5 Curated Recommendations

19th-century adventures, secret societies, and what not watching TV has to do with Wikipedia.

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The 2020 Project: Visions of the Connected Future
The 2020 Project: Visions of the Connected Future

What Scandinavian luminaries have to do with LEGO and the future of humanity.

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Beyond the Business Card: Three Alternative Tools
Beyond the Business Card: Three Alternative Tools

How to bump strangers, who killed the Rolodex, and what to do about it.

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