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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

The GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge | BillMoyers.com [Via] - 0 views

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gop rise anti-knowledge vs ignorance vs. knowledge

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Oct 15
     
    "This post was first published at Consortium News. In the realm of physics, the opposite of matter is not nothingness, but antimatter. In the realm of practical epistemology, the opposite of knowledge is not ignorance but anti-knowledge. This seldom recognized fact is one of the prime forces behind the decay of political and civic culture in America."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to... - 1 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 13 Oct 12
     
    [A directory of social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to knowledge), and 'commons' paradigms. Please read: Mapping a Coalition for the Commons. By Philippe Aigrain.]
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to... - 5 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Oct 12
     
    [A directory of social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to knowledge), and 'commons' paradigms. ...]
  • Richard Smyth on 12 Oct 12
     
    This looks interesting, but when I click the link I just get a jpg image.... Is that what you intended? or is there supposed to be a webpage attached? Thanks. --Richard
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 12 Oct 12
Wildcat2030 wildcat

Rescher Epistemology an Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge Suny Series in Philosophy - 2 views

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  • Wildcat2030 wildcat on 19 Jan 10
     
    "Rescher Epistemology an Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge Suny Series in Philosophy"
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Cultivating a Culture of Knowledge Sharing - Creative Commons - 0 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Sep 16
     
    "Fiona MacAlister September 1, 2016 In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership. In our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. This week's post is from Fiona MacAlister, OER Specialist at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa."
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The Knowledge Conduit | Knowledge Matters - 3 views

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Collective Intelligence conduit knowledge context

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  • Wildcat2030 wildcat on 15 Jan 10
     
    "First, you should observe that there are two distinct domains - the descriptive domain and the predictive domain - and that data and information belong to the descriptive domain. I like Davenport and Prusaks' (1998, pp 2-3) definition of data as being "a set of discrete, objective facts existing in symbolic form that have not been interpreted". The symbolic form may be text, images, or pre-processed code. Data is usually organised into structured records, however it lacks context. The declaration 'Iron melts at 1,538 degrees Celsius.' is a data statement because it has no context. In this model when data is enriched by adding context it may become information. Information is data with a message, and therefore has a receiver and sender. It is data with relevance and purpose that is useful for a particular task, and is meant to enlighten the receiver and shape their outlooks or insights. Information results in an action that allows the data to be applied to a specific set of circumstances and to be employed effectively. Data only becomes information after it has been interpreted by the receiver. Furthermore information is descriptive. For example the statement 'Newcastle steel-mill's smelter temperature has been set at 2,300 degrees Celsius.' conveys information because it has been enriched by context. The enrichment from data to information is a 'know what and how' procedure that results in an understanding of relationships and patterns. However, information by itself remains descriptive and without additional data or information it cannot be used to predict an event or outcome."
Ferananda Ibarra

Network organisation for the 21st century : turbulence - 4 views

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  • On the Virtues of Being Popular In any network, some nodes are more connected than others, making them ‘hubs’. This is a recurring pattern in the evolution of successful networks, ranging from the world wide web to many natural ecosystems. A ‘hub’ is not just a node with a few more connections than a usual node; a hub has connections to many other nodes – many quite distant – and also connects many disparate nodes (nodes of very different types). If you were to count all the connections each node has, you would get a mathematical distribution called a ‘power-law’ distribution with relatively few hyper-connected nodes – hubs – and a ‘long tail’ of less connected nodes.
  • Unlike networks that have a normal or random distribution of connections, networks that have a power-law distribution of connections are ‘scale-free,’ which means that no matter how many more nodes are added to the network, the dynamics and structure remain the same. This seems to be a sweet spot in the evolution of networks for stability and efficiency. The network can get bigger without drastic changes to its function.
  • The Surprising Strength of the Long Tail There is a looming contradiction: how can we have hubs and still have a strong network of dense connections that is not dependent on them? Don’t hubs lead to the emergence of permanent, entrenched leaders, centralisation and other well-documented problems? There is something of a tension here: the point is not simply that we should develop hubs, but that we have to simultaneously ensure that the hubs are never allowed to become static, and that they’re at least partially redundant. Sounds complicated, but healthy and resilient networks aren’t characterised simply by the presence of hubs, but also by the ability of hubs to change over time, and the replacement of previous hubs by apparently quite similar hubs.
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  • The long tail does not drop off into nothingness (which would be the ‘exponential’ rather than ‘power-law’ distribution), where there are a few hubs and every other node has almost no connections. Instead, the long tail is extensive, consisting of small groups of dense connections, going ever onwards. In fact, the vast majority of the connections in the network are not in the hub, but in the long tail. One clear example is that of book-selling in the 21st century: the majority of Amazon.com’s book sales are not in the best-seller list, but in those millions of titles in the long tail that only a few people order. Every successful movement must be built on dense local connections. It is these dense local connections that support the dynamic creation of hubs.
  • In a perfect world, every node would be a hub – we would all easily connect with any other person and be able to communicate. However, creating connections takes time and energy, so nodes that are more long-standing or just have more spare time will naturally become hubs
  • The Construction of Collective Intelligence Hubs tend to evolve naturally in well-functioning networks – but we can accelerate the process of network development
  • Unfortunately people can’t become hubs without largely re-inventing the wheel. It might be irritating for existing hubs, but it’s true. Being a hub requires more than just introductions, it requires information, skills, knowledge, and a memory of the past. However, we can accelerate this process by decentring as much of the connections and knowledge as possible away from individual humans and onto the environment, whether this environment be books, websites, songs, maps, videos, and a myriad of yet un-thought-of representational forms. A useful example is the pheromone trace of the ant, reinforced as more ants use a particular trail. The mere act of ‘leaving a trail’ shows how individuals with limited memory can use the shaping of the environment as an external memory.
  • You can imagine this on an individual level: a person using their mobile phone to remember the phone numbers of their friends. With easy access and reliability, the phone almost seems part of your intelligence. Just extend this so that the part of your mind that is extended into the environment is accessible and even modifiable by other people, and collective intelligence begins.
  • This use of the environment to store collective intelligence allows for the easier creation of hubs.
  • Collective intelligence allows highly organised successful actions to be performed by individuals who, with limited memory and knowledge, would otherwise be unable to become hubs.
  • Collective intelligence requires a commons of collective representations and memory accessible to the network, and so digital representations on the internet are idea
    • Ferananda Ibarra
      Ferananda Ibarra on 12 Apr 11
       
      That is exactly what they can do! Currencies as currents, as symbols of value enabling and making flows visible. Allowing us to see the tracks of the pheromones, the activities, the streams, the right signals, the hubs. We will be able to measure, trace value much more precisely. We will then be able to compose flows into landscapes (scapes) of that which is interesting for a node, for a hub, for a group or machine. Scapes will allow us to display information in unimaginable ways. Our collective intelligence right there, in the blink of an eye. We will be able to see wholes instead of parts, make patterns more visible.
  • A key focus for improving our collective intelligence would be a few central websites compiling analyses of social movements and events, alongside practical pieces from key hubs and organisers on how particular events were pulled off. A collective ratings approach would allow people to quickly find needles in the electronic haystack, via Digg-It-style ‘I like this article’ tags, or collaborative bookmarking, allowing different users to see each other’s bookmarked webpages. Of course some of these types of things exist, with tagging systems well developed on sites of magazines, newspapers and blogs. However, no current website performs the function of an analysis and learning hub
  • If we are to act swiftly and sustain momentum we will need to create collective intelligence – the ability to create accurate records of events, distribute them widely, analyse success and failure, and to pass on skills and knowledge.
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

To Make Open Access Work, We Need to Do More Than Liberate Journal Articles | Wired Opi... - 3 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 16 Jan 13
     
    [In the days since the tragedy of Aaron Swartz's suicide, many academics have been posting open-access PDFs of their research. It's an act of solidarity with Swartz's crusade to liberate (in most cases publicly funded) knowledge for all to read. ...]
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 16 Jan 13
     
    *Collective Intelligence" ~ Open Knowledge
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

savethelab | Defendiendo el espacio y el trabajo de Medialab Prado - 0 views

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Medialab prado intercambio conocimiento peligro save shared knowledge madrid

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 14 Apr 14
     
    "[En castellano más abajo] Manifesto in support of MediaLab Prado Medialabs are a crucial element in societies, they foster innovation, participation and knowledge disemination. MedialabPrado (Madrid) has proved to be a sucessful model and has been consequently recognized. A fundamental aspect of its sucess is its growing comunity of deeply engaged users both in the local and global arena."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Alison Powell on Open-Source Cultures and Free Software Advocacy - Commons Transition [... - 0 views

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Alison Powell open source cultures free software

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 24 Sep 15
     
    "Alison Powell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Communications in the London School of Economics. Her research examines the history and future of openness within new media. Alison's research explores open-source cultures including community wireless networks, free software advocates and people interested in open sourcing knowledge including hardware design."
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 24 Sep 15
     
    "Alison Powell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Communications in the London School of Economics. Her research examines the history and future of openness within new media. Alison's research explores open-source cultures including community wireless networks, free software advocates and people interested in open sourcing knowledge including hardware design."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

DailyDirt: Science With (And Without) Verification | Techdirt [# Note] - 0 views

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      Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Mar 15
       
      # ! things go weird when science is questioned...
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Mar 15
     
    [from the urls-we-dig-up dept The scientific method has undoubtedly advanced the growth of knowledge, but with the enormous amount of data that can be collected now, it can be difficult to turn all that information into reliable and understandable facts. On the other hand, ...]
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

NCoC: Two Special Generations: The Millennials and the Boomers - 0 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Jun 16
     
    "The Baby-Boomers and the Millennials are both worthy of special attention. They are large groups: there are 77 million Boomers and 82 million Millennials. Millennials are showing strong interest in civic participation and reversing some of the declines observed among youth since the 1970s. Meanwhile, the Boomers are reaching the period of life when typically we see the highest levels of civic engagement, thanks in part to resources such as savings, networks, community ties, and knowledge that accumulate over time. The two generations are linked in that most of the Millennials' parents are Boomers. "
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

When we share, everyone wins - Creative Commons - 0 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 04 Aug 16
     
    "Creative Commons helps you legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world - unlocking the full potential of the internet to drive a new era of development, growth and productivity."
François Dongier

The Technium: The Expansion of Ignorance - 1 views

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  • Thus even though our knowledge is expanding exponentially, our questions are expanding exponentially faster. And as mathematicians will tell you, the widening gap between two exponential curves is itself an exponential curve. That gap between questions and answers is our ignorance, and it is growing exponentialy.  In other words, science is a method that chiefly expands our ignorance rather than our knowledge.
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Group Intelligence, Enhancement, and Extended Minds - 3 views

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  • What, then, determines how smart a group of collaborating individuals is? The researchers find three individual-level features that correlate in a statistically significant way to collective intelligence.
  • First, the greater the social sensitivity of group members, the smarter the group. Second, the more turn-taking within the group, the better the group performs. And third, the more women in the group, the higher the group IQ.
  • groups with more women are smarter because women tend to be more socially sensitive than men.
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  • increasing the information-sharing abilities of group members using “electronic collaborative tools” might enhance the intelligence of the group itself (without necessarily increasing the intelligence of individual group members).
  • increasing the raw intelligence of individual group members cannot guarantee a smarter group. A group of cognitively enhanced individuals with extremely high IQs (because of their enhancement) thus might fail to outperform a group of “normals” if those “normals” prove to be more socially sensitive than their enhanced rivals.
  • the central component of the extended mind thesis is called the Parity Principle. It states that “if, as we confront some task, a part of the world functions as a process which, were it to go on in the head, we would have no hesitation in accepting as part of the cognitive process, then that part of the world is (for that time) part of the cognitive process.”
  • Thus, according to the Parity Principle, inanimate objects like a pad of paper, a calculator, a computer, Wikipedia, an iPhone, and so on, can all, under just the right conditions, constitute a literal component of one’s cognitive system – of one’s mind.
  • another mind can indeed become a feature of one’s own cognitive system (on the condition that the Parity Principle is true
  • Our minds are made in such a way that trauma, and negative experience is slowly buried up, or forgotten. Our minds do seem designed with self preservation measures to try and protect our psyche. Now with a memory that is always accurate, and that is always accessible, what will that do to our minds? My concern is what our limitations add to our selves. I am unsure of what the world would be like if I didn't forget things. There are somethings we choose to forget, or ignore, or believe despite the evidence. Our emotions do seem somewhat disconnected from our experiences, especially as time goes on. Stockholm Syndrome is a wonderful example, despite the worst possible conditions a loyalty and an affection grows between a captor and their captive.
  • With the ability to share memories, or worse, to forcibly access others memories, this wonderful world enhancement will help us build, may be utterly devoid of privacy. A world where nothing is sacred, except knowledge, and that you may no longer own your own life. Simply, everyone's life, everyone's knowledge and everyone's experiences, may simply become public domain.
  • Ferananda Ibarra on 01 Feb 11
     
    Hmmm... I enjoyed this article. My experience of the extended mind is that it is not enclosed in a groups collective intelligence but part of the morphogenic field. Our global brain. We can access any time. There is one piece he mentions about: But there's also the more speculative possibility, not mentioned by Woolley et al, of enhancing the social sensitivity of group members. What would happen if group members took, for instance, a pharmaceutical of some sort that enabled them to be more socially sensitive towards each other? What if some sophisticated technology were available that augmented the individual's ability to better listen to the ideas of others - to let others have time to speak and to be intellectually open to opposing views? I began to test this in group settings with a good amount of success. It is difficult to measure though. I have tested with flower essences. http://www.laviedelarose.com one particular called shasta daisy which supports individuals and groups to achieve an ever deepening sense of community and experience of Oneness. My seminars are mostly about mind (topics like socialmedia, collective intelligence, new economy) yet I try to make them integral and include other body/mind, spirit. We do meditate. In the seminars where I don´t use the flowers there is a different feeling to it. Its very difficult to describe. Its a sense of a field.
thinkahol *

Jeff Hawkins on Artificial Intelligence - Part 1/5 - YouTube - 4 views

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Jeff Hawkins on Artificial Intelligence - Part 1_5 YouTube

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  • thinkahol * on 30 Oct 11
     
    The founder of Palm, Jeff Hawkins, solves the mystery of Artificial Intelligence and presents his theory at the RSA Conference 2008. He gives a brief tutorial on the neocortex and then explains how the brain stores memory and then describes how to use that knowledge to create artificial intelligence. This lecture is insightful and his theory will revolutionize computer science.
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based Society - Shareable - 1 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 09 Sep 14
     
    [# Via FB Tia Carr via Olivier Schulbaum] By Michel Bauwens Sunday Michel Bauwens is the founder of the P2P Foundation and former advisor to the goverment of Ecuador for a project to "remake the roots of Ecuador's economy, setting off a transition into a society of free and open knowledge."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

New survey shows extent of scientists' divide with the public | Ars Technica - 0 views

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survey scientists divice public politics turning against knowledge press

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      Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Jan 15
       
      # ! #siege to #knowledge
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Jan 15
     
    [In conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Pew Research Center has conducted a large poll that measures both public attitudes toward science and the attitudes of scientists themselves. ...]
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Jan 15
     
    [In conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Pew Research Center has conducted a large poll that measures both public attitudes toward science and the attitudes of scientists themselves. ...]
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Cultural knowledge needs to be more open - 0 views

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Cultural knowledge needs to be more open

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 27 Feb 15
     
    [... Their goal is to bring more scholarly and encyclopedic content under free licenses. ...]
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 27 Feb 15
     
    [... Their goal is to bring more scholarly and encyclopedic content under free licenses. ...]
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Building an Inter-University Private Cloud with Open Source ownCloud | Linux.com - 0 views

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Jul 14
     
    "In late 2011, a lively discussion (we enjoy lively discussions here in Germany) among the IT managers of the publicly-funded research universities in Northrhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany's most populous federal state, started over a set of interrelated topics:" [# ! #Knowledge is for #Share]
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Jul 14
     
    "In late 2011, a lively discussion (we enjoy lively discussions here in Germany) among the IT managers of the publicly-funded research universities in Northrhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany's most populous federal state, started over a set of interrelated topics:"
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