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[Andrew Jones]

I came across this last night and, as succinctly as anything I've seen
to date, this dude nails it. What does everybody think? Both the link
to his site, as well as his manifesto, are here:

http://loiclemeur.com/english/2007/04/389en_the_movin.html

We feel there is a new generation all around the World, a generation
of people who feel more as citizens of the World than their own
Country. We felt like trying to describe this generation's values and
called it "the moving circus", a name Yossi Vardi originally used
while we were talking about the fact that we keep seeing each other in
all kinds of different events around the World, same cool people, same
values, different places.

We tried to define the values of that "moving circus" culture:
-no office
-no boss (self employed)
-no Country (world citizen)
-no race (does not matter)
-no diploma (who cares)
-no smoking (has been)
-no hierarchy (OK, not much hierarchy)
-no political party (!!!, we care more about people than parties)
-no tie, no suit: casual all the time
-no monopoly, no center, everything decentralized
-no religion (not has important as it was before)
-no mariage (not needed to live together)
-in sync: no email, no phone, just IM, twitter, social software...
-no off-line: everything online, Gmail Google apps rather than MS
Office
-no distance: it does not matter where you are
-no mass media: they are here but do not matter as much as before
-no fear of embarrassment or of failure: the "always beta" culture
-icons: Hans Rosling, Sergey Brin, Lary Page
-book: The World if Flat from Thomas Friedman
-entrepreneurial or self employed
-ideas over systems
-sharing ideas instead of keeping them secret (authority and power
change from people protecting information to people sharing it)
-ethics: environment, ...
-global citizen

Loic Le Meur

[Lisa]

Very nice. I truly believe this entire movement is a global reaction
to the division of society as well as the division of "classes"
creating a sense of abandonment throughout all facets of life. It
became a bad idea to simply be a nice person. "Good guys finish
last." In a sense we are in the beginning stages of creating a techno-
age of socialism without all the historically negative connotations.
The kicker is - what do we do with it now? Well, I think what you
posted is a great roadmap.

Humans need other humans. There is a definite need for change. There
is and there will be success through coworking.

(I have a ton more thoughts but being at work pretending to enjoy my
phone and my secretive job-life, I have to cut it short. I will type
out an introduction soon so you know who I am and where I am coming
from!)

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Right on. As an early member of the millenials, I think I can say that almost every single item on that list applies to me. And, in my experience, the general social shift is toward all of those things as well.

[Andrew Jones]

Hey guys. Thanks Lisa and Tony! This guy is blowing me away. He
manages to hit all the right buttons, all the things we've been tyring
to talk about. More soon-

On Mar 26, 11:16 am, "Tony Bacigalupo" <tonybacigal...@gmail.com>
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[Cesar Torres]

"Does it make sense ?" he says. Yes!!! Finally this mentality is
catching on and is spreading like wildfire.

The thing is, in the age that we live in, all of these things he lists
should be the status quo. We're the most technologically advanced
we've ever been yet we still employ some of the oldest models and
processes ever. Lisa, you're right. Change is gonna come. It has to.
Cesar Torres
http://ceezer.org