craig newmark
[san fran]
founder of Craig’s list – the internet commune.
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intro’d to Craig here (well – had no doubt heard of him before):
Brian Solis interviews Craig Newmark, Internet Entrepreneur
As you’ll see in this episode of Revolution, that change starts with a shift in perspective to, as he states, “make it trivial to get the help you seek.”
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find/follow Craig:
his site:
using technology to give the voiceless a real voice. and the powerless real power..
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also loving this take from 2011:
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connecting the dots on immune systems..
Gary Slutkin et al…cure violence
from the article:
In a panel on that topic, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark talked about his views on the importance of a free and open media industry, which he called the
immune system of democracy
Newmark said he has recently been transitioning away from spending most of his time doing “customer service” for Craigslist, in part because the site no longer needs him as much. His new passion, he said, is trying to help support non-profit agencies and efforts of all kinds through a project called Craig Connects, which he launched six weeks ago, and also trying to bring some verification to the non-profit world by working with groups like GuideStar, which he said was “like Yelp for non-profits.” Said Newmark:
I’ve lost patience with good intentions [and] I’ve found that some non-profits are really good with the heart-wrenching stories, and really good with cashing your checks, but they’re not so good at getting things done.
The Craigslist founder also talked about how important a free and “verified” press was to a democracy. The man who some newspaper publishers have accused of destroying their business models by taking away classified revenue, also said what the media needs more of is “the traditional journalism ethics of fact-checking and the separation of advertising and editorial.” Newmark said he is working with the Center for Public Integrity to create crowdsourced networks of fact-checkers and curators.
In the Q&A following the panel, Lessig played the role of skeptic and Newmark the role of optimist when it came to the power of social networking to effect change: Lessig said the power of the traditional media and skewed political interests was proven by how dominant the “Obama birther” movement was in the news over the past several months, while Newmark said that younger people are effectively “doing their own curating and building their own networks from the bottom up, and that’s the really important thing.”
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via Maria:
http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/10/21/craig-newmark-moral-compass/
be you. 