People have a deep seated unease with what the dollar is and what the dollar represents. To escape the dollar is to escape a tangle of influence that impacts everything we say, do, and think about ourselves and about each other. It almost seems that to escape the dollar is to escape ourselves.
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WIKiD Tools; The Secret Weapon of Social Capitalism
Submitted by Dan Robles July 14th, 2010 - 00:30. 1 Comment »
Take note that debt can reach infinity but austerity measures can only reach zero … you can do the math on a postage stamp. If there ever was a need for a secret weapon, it is now.
Wow Online Influencers With An In-Person Experience
Submitted by Paula Hahn July 13th, 2010 - 18:00. 1 Comment »
Guest post by Paula Hahn Managing Director at Marina Maher Communications (MMC). An expert in marketing to women, she heads the Media Connections practice, focused on managing brand dialogue via traditional and social media. Time is proving that no matter how much social media changes, the core rules of engagement remain the same. Transparency and [...]
Stock Harmony; An Exchange for Social Value
Submitted by Dan Robles July 13th, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
So this is what makes Stock Harmony interesting. The successful “next currency” will be the one which best represents human productivity. Only then will someone be willing to trade their productivity for that of another person using a currency note as an exchange mechanism. This is where other alternate currencies fall apart and where Stock Harmony shows greater strength.
IP and IC — Not The Same Thing?
Submitted by smarter companies July 10th, 2010 - 12:00. No Comments »
Intellectual property (IP) is a term that is usually used to refer to specific types of structural capital that enjoy special legal status. These include patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Each of these categories has a specific body of law associated with it. Patents have to be approved by …
On Twitter, The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Submitted by Brian Solis July 8th, 2010 - 12:00. 1 Comment »
Social Shopping is not new, but it is indeed gaining significant momentum. In fact, it represents the latest leaf in the new Conversation Prism infographic set to launch next week. Twitter too, is gaining velocity in a direction many skeptics didn’t think possible, the ability to monetize the stream. Twitter is set to introduce a new ad-powered program, @earlybird – a service that appears to emulate the daily deals powering services such as Groupon with the direct to consumer link proved by @DellOutlet.
Social System Capitalism
Submitted by Dan Robles July 7th, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
We cannot have a rational discussion about the market capitalist system without also having a rational discussion about the social capitalist system. Yet, Social Capitalism is barely defined. Social capitalism is hidden behind command and control corporate systems and “intangibles” accounting. Social Capitalism is constrained by invisible lines on a map; marginalized, taxed, oppressed and controlled by skin color, gender roles, marketing, politics, and conflict all in the name of my God and Country.
Doing vs. Knowing What to Do
Submitted by Jay Deragon July 6th, 2010 - 12:00. 1 Comment »
Doing something different and getting more than you’ve gotten in the past requires you to know what to do which isn’t what you’ve done.
Is Social Capital Hedging Financial Capital?
Submitted by Dan Robles July 6th, 2010 - 00:13. 3 Comments »
I have yet to see anyone of any importance in the social-media-guru-camp who has identified the inherent dichotomy between social currency and financial currency that rages all around us. No, seriously; every financial action is balanced by an equal and opposite social reaction. It’s a balance sheet of the balance sheets.
Independence In The State of Mind
Submitted by Dan Robles July 4th, 2010 - 03:00. No Comments »
Something extraordinary is about to happen in the way Americans organize themselves. Nothing is sacred, no one is immune. The next economic paradigm will alter the course of civilization.
