...in their use of the commons, the Itza' break free of the textbook ‘resource exploitation' frame by means of one of the fundamental orientations of human cognition: the tendency to believe in supernatural entities. (See Atran's 2002 book In Gods we Trust.) Atran and Medin show that the Itza' do not treat forest resources as mere ‘objects of a payoff matrix' (as perhaps some of their neighbours do), but rather ‘as intentional, relational entities, like friends or enemies'. For the Itza', the spirits of the forest have supernatural powers of knowledge. Villagers believe that if they fail to respect the kind of reciprocal relationship with these spirits that would be expected of any human social relationship, they risk being punished. These beliefs are reflected in behaviour patterns that turn out to be the most sustainable of these three neighbouring ethnic groups.
* http://twit.tv/floss97 about http://exist.sourceforge.net/
* example: http://history.state.gov/
* http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4301.html
* http://www.amazon.com/Building-Social-Web-Applications-Establishing/dp/0596518757/
* interview with Jon Udell
* at ~22:30 - Jon: ~"an application" can be accomplished by a convention
* noticings (Flickr game) - Activity Stream - Oauth - OpenID
* http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4289.html
* panel discussion of spectrum: cognitive radio, FCC, policy, lots of complicated stuff
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more) restart protection, space sextant, digital autopilot, landing radar, program alarms, rendezvous radar, reaction thrusters, scanning telescope, braking phase, inertial platform, descent engine, human spaceflight, powered descent, erasable memory, pilot opinion, gimbal lock, descent stage, abort button, flying qualities, guidance computer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more) Neil Armstrong, North American, World War, Age of Systems, Chris Kraft, David Scott, Jack Garman, Space Task Group, Michael Collins, Scott Crossfield, Robert Chilton, Project Apollo, Edwards Air Force Base, Joe Shea, Aaron Cohen, Alan Shepard, Don Eyles, Draper Laboratories, Floyd Bennett, Eldon Hall, Charlie Duke, Mission Control, Deke Slayton, United States, Mercury Seven