Sound Of Sirens

Are you aware of that? Since it’s not so big in the news…

Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies. … read more

When the US went to war in Iraq in 2002 there was a movement that formed under the title ‘Not in our Name‘. A lot of artists and activists performed the declaration. This landgrab happening now is continuing colonialism to secure (food for) systems that continue to exploit and destroy. And we are part of these systems. And information is a crucial resource for a system to adapt and to change.

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‘Not in our Name’…: Saul Williams reading “The Pledge of Resistance” live

Ok, this is about the media and its functions. Again: I do not claim to be an expert, call me a generalist, however, let’s see how far we get.

I’ll start with a quote of a beautiful essay by Donella Meadows, a professor, biophysicist, systems analyst, organic farmer, author, journalist and inspiration in the movement for sustainability. The essay is called ‘Dancing with Systems‘ and this particular part is about ‘Honouring and protecting information.’

A decision maker can’t respond to information he or she doesn’t have, can’t respond accurately to information that is inaccurate, can’t respond in a timely way to information that is late. I would guess that 99 percent of what goes wrong in systems goes wrong because of faulty or missing information.

If I could, I would add an Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not distort, delay, or sequester information. You can drive a system crazy by muddying its information streams. You can make a system work better with surprising ease if you can give it more timely, more accurate, more complete information.