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i’ve been meta-tweeting recently. many have for a long, long time. henriette weber, web connaisseur extraordinaire, i do believe, was the one who introduced me to microblogging in her jaiku days. i vividly remember she said to use it to know it. and i wanted to. that really is years ago! 2006, i think. it took me this long to embrace it to the level where i pass on her piece of advice with confidence. and i’m not even fully convinced. 90% there. 85. in making my mind up that its a good thing that our inevitable use of social technologies will make the world truly one.

today, for example, the top 5 trending topics on twitter are: #havetoadmit (i’m sure there are some good secrets out there, but i couldn’t find any of interest before deciding it was a time waste to look), #chrisisadouche (useless, waste of time), Chuck Norris, Michael Jackson, Pirates. i have no use for any of this. i can’t imagine who does. google hot trends also don’t impress me at all.

cold coffee break
‘progress’ can have a high price. ab fab’s daughter told me that costa rican farmers don’t get to decide for themselves what crops to seed. they drink imported coffee, even though they produce plenty to supply themselves and others. this sucks. big time. everyone should try to supply their local area. our self-preservation instinct should not be surpressed by national or global regulations. even when it’s produced cheaper elsewhere. and so for practical reasons we still need to divide the planet into nations. divide the land that can or can not be used for a variety of things.

yet cultural characteristics dissolve. we become more like each other. we grow a mutual understanding that spites national borders. it doesn’t matter where you’re from. online, we are equal! and i think that is bloody great! it’s a miracle. like the steam power, electricity. the plane, the phone, laser, what have you. now, an amazingly smooth transport of data. so smooth that it empowers our relations all over the world. as a consequence, our interesting differences and national idiosyncrasies become less interesting. they kind of have to step aside, so we can get to business. we focus on what we have in common. and i so hope, that we will use our relatively new power tools to speed up fairness in every sense of its meaning. fair trade, good governance. good policies. sustainability. quality art and thought. not to all waste our precious time on this planet looking through chuck norris facts, wrongfully thinking the trend must have a useful point.

a brief corporate status
in the corporate world, we use advanced it-systems to align our efforts (to make the $$ circulate) across borders already. certainly makes reporting a lot less of a hassle. actually… if you do well, there is no need to report at all. the real benefits of transparency have become very clear to me. transparency frees resources. allows you to focus. frees resources to define what you want to do, instead of what you’re already doing. top management (be it yourself or some gray-haired guys whom you trust to know what they’re doing, so much so that you’ve decided to work for them) adds it all up, and decides what to do with the profits (or whatever it adds up to these days). i have enough experience to observe that this is a best practice. when you have all available facts gathered up, or when you judge that you have sufficient, you are armed to make the right decisions. in the right time, i should add. there’s no big mystery to it.

as the facts roll in (be it corporate reports or feeds from peers around the world), you are still obliged to wonder if things can be done even better. this is what makes you invest in development. on making more good ideas a reality, and of meeting demands of a picky market place. and we can. the world is now technologically armed with this ability. the world has gotten so much smaller. we’re using the same systems. we pour data into the same pool. we learn from each other, and educate each other. and take upon us to share. thoughts, ideas, notions. preferably fact-checked insights. we must govern ourselves well. make the right decisions. gather the facts. take good advice, and offer it. and not least, you must take appropriate action. in the areas where your powers matter the most. very much available online. use it.

take in the good, don’t get caught up in the useless
systems can come up with suggestions, you can get ideas on your own. with full access to the world, it’s more important than ever, to pick the good vibes. the good ideas. the sustainable thoughts. of course it will clutter. of course we have a need to share also the ‘useless’ details about our lives… such as what we’re eating, buying, appreciating, fascinated with, and that’s okay. that’s how we get a feel for whom our peers really are. helps us feel normal. human. all right.

i believe it’s human nature to want progress. it certainly is my nature. and technology, the free social platforms in particular, give mankind an enormous potential and humbling power to make the world better. be constructive with what you share. pick the good stuff. try to have a majority of positivity in what you share. be critical, always. but focus on the good. as we pile our interests together, i believe we do want a greener and more sustainable planet. raise your voice for what you believe in. and don’t forget to (trans)act.

tags:act, community, democracy, globalization, twitter

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