CIRI Curation

"E-Prime (short for English-Prime, sometimes denoted E′) is a version of the English language that excludes all forms of the verb to be. E-Prime does not allow the conjugations of to be-be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being- the archaic forms of to be (e.g. art, wast, wert), or the contractions of to be-'s, 'm, 're (e.g. I'm, he's, she's, they're). Some scholars advocate using E-Prime as a device to clarify thinking and strengthen writing.[1] For example, the sentence "the film was good" could translate into E-Prime as "I liked the film" or as "the film made me laugh". The E-Prime versions communicate the speaker's experience rather than judgment, making it harder for the writer or reader to confuse opinion with fact."

From @noosquest...part of thetransitioner network

"What are some examples of Principled Societies?"

Interesting proposal and tool from the MIT (sourcemap) that offers to track the whole supply chain from products. Its very recent but it promises..

How technology enables the shared economy

Block of Jeremy Narby, introduced to JF by Michèle Decoust