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Dear All<br>
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A group coordinated by Doug Schuler of the <a
href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/">Public Sphere Project </a>has
been working to develop a Network of actors working on Collective
Intelligence for the Common Good . With digitally generated
intelligence today being increasingly used for social and political
control and economic exploitation, I think this one is an important
counter-project. Maybe a David to the Goliath of data economy and
data surveillance but one needs to start somewhere. <br>
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The following is an invitation for anyone interested to join the
network / community. <br>
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parminder<br>
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<div>Invitation to join the Collective Intelligence for the Common
Good Community / Network<br>
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We would like to invite you to participate in a new research and
action community network that focuses on Collective Intelligence
for the Common Good. We hope that our collaborative efforts will
help address our shared challenges.<br>
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Our first group event was a workshop in London in September, 2014
(<a
href="http://caps2020.eu/collective-intelligence-common-good-workshop-london-september-29-30/">http://caps2020.eu/collective-intelligence-common-good-workshop-london-september-29-30/</a>)
that 30 people attended. We now have an opportunity to publish our
work in a journal and we are planning for other collaborations.<br>
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We plan to continue this work beyond these specific opportunities
through a variety of approaches that are outlined in our Statement
of Principles (<a
href="http://publicsphereproject.org/content/statement-principles-collective-intelligence-common-good-community-network">http://publicsphereproject.org/content/statement-principles-collective-intelligence-common-good-community-network</a>)
and, especially through engagement among our members. The
Statement of Principles presents our commitment to engagement,
multiplicity of perspectives and approaches, support and promotion
of the integration of related efforts, and the actual design and
implementation of socio-technological systems, media, policy,
events, critiques, social actions, etc.<br>
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Our web site should be available in early 2015. Ultimately it will
have links to the projects of our members as well as to documents
and news.<br>
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Members of our community / network are engaged in a wide number of
projects including deliberative and systems, empirical research,
policy development, community networks, etc. etc. By building on
these efforts, we plan to explore and implement a variety
of approaches towards lightweight coordination, in which
relatively small efforts by all of us can result in big wins for
all of us — and the greater public.<br>
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If you are interested in at least hearing about this work, the
easiest way to proceed is to register on our email distribution
site, <a
href="http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce">http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce</a>.</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<div>— Doug</div>
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