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yourowndemocracy is a concept project that proposes a real-time voter sentiment feedback-loop platform merging social networking, direct political engagement, and the design of electronic market exchanges to create a modern online platform for participatory democracy. 

2008 Buckminster Fuller Institute Challenge Submission

Original GONGBLOG post about YOD with comments

YOD Makes BFI's FIRST CUT!

YOD one of 33 Finalists!

 

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Lunch at Marfa Table, Marfa, TX

 

Willow loitering on my white chair

 

A gift of a tin Fiat Cinquecento from my Facebook friend, Italy-based designer Derek Stewart

 

 

Cousins Lulu Clementine and Willow Lin in Marfa, TX

 

Small Press Exhibit at the Marfa Bookstore in Marfa, TX

 

Little Bear Show on iPod Nano flying back from Orlando

 

Stuffed giraffe and Barbie doll at home. Photo by Willow

 

Sister-in-law Shirley and Lulu at Judd Compound, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX

 

Train Park, Santa Fe

 

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Saturday
May222010

Narcissism of Cosmic Proportions

From a genius comment on the Smithsonian's "The 10 Most Disturbing Scientific Discoveries"

Let's say the universe exists within an infinite space. How far to the edge in any direction is it from the earth? The answer would be infinity. Since the distance to the edge of infinite space is infinity in all directions, the earth is the center of the universe. Of course, more precisely, so are you.

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