When old paradigms don’t work anymore it may take a while for the masses to shift their status quo. Adventurers into new ideologies, thought, and information begin the paradigm shift, such as eco-philosopher, Richard Heinberg, in his A New Covenant With Nature: Notes on the End of Civilization and the Renewal of Culture. When some of these pioneers merge their expression with one another, community begins to form, almost despite itself, stimulated through the nature of the magnetism of like thought and energy.
Many collaborative tools are emerging to facilitate this process - where one can find and follow various thought streams, with opportunity to view, add to or change, vote up or down, and follow to see what threads they post; Diigo, describes Internet Explorer and Firefox as flat or ”mono”, and seeks to provide a spatial method for schools to not only classify information, but also create the environment for collaborative reflection.
Become a Blogger
If you haven’t blogged yet, consider blogging around subjects close to your heart. Setting up your own blog can cost literally almost nothing, and now is a great time for people of conscience to make their voice heard through this medium before it merges into it’s next stage of evolution. Through your own blog you can speak up about anything, become another voice expressing issues at hand to the sea of human minds and hearts, moving history ahead into the future. Be a teacher, learner, and doer.
We are all Learners, Doers and Teachers,
for we teach best that which we most need to learn.
Ancient Chinese
Do a Google search on “blogging platforms” and you’ll find many blogs on blogging! They will explain how to choose and set up a platform and how to get started. cnet News Blog has a recent post on PC’s editors’ favorites which include Blogger, Wordpress and TypePad trifecta, with pros and cons on each. With a little research into commentary by experienced bloggers you can educate yourself and be blogging in no time.
Read What Bloggers are Blogging About
As you search for information, access the blogosphere for a rich palette you may not get anywhere else - new understandings, unique observations, stimulating thought, controversial opinions, and a variety of attitudes. You may also want to have your filters on as you might not agree with what every blogger says, but all in all - entering the blogosphere (as opposed to conventional media) is like walking through an organic garden with beautiful, thriving plants in every row and bed bearing fruits and veggies that taste much better and have more nutrients and diversity than commercial varieties.
Article comments
1 - writerkols
Long post but great one. Blogging is indeed the best way to rise social awareness. Numerous bloggers are doing it online.
Blogging has indeed become a way of life with many. It paves way for expression and reflection of self. And if you/your thoughts vibe with others, a community is created and sharing becomes indispensable in such a network. Once your community grows, new thoughts, more vibrancy and real change begins to happen.
2 - Eric Olsen
very nice indeed Cary, thanks!
3 - Duane Barlow
Excellent article!
4 - Ginae B. McDonald
Very nice! I find blogging to be MY most effective medium.
5 - Mongo
I think it would be interesting to also talk about how Twitter is changing the Blogosphere. While a lot of people used to blog "I just went to Taco Bell", now they're more apt to Tweet it. I think overall Twitter's making content in the Blogosphere more valuable by cannibalizing many of the would-have-been-inane blog posts.
6 - The Recipe
To expand on Mongo's point, another bit of technology that has drastically changed our daily life is starting to feed into the blogosphere growth - mobile phones. The best ones these days have internet connectivity and apps to facilitate things like tweeting, facebook updates and now even blogging. Anyone with an iPhone may have seen the wordpress app. Blog from anywhere, anytime using a device you're likely to have with you at all times. The possibilities...