New Power (3/3): Beneath today's politics, networks continue to transform how we connect and organize. At its core: participation is power.

New Power (2/3): Old power = currency (held by few, closed). New power = current (made by many, open). I still believe increasing transparency is our inevitable direction, despite setbacks. These represent fundamental shifts in how society organizes itself.

Found this 2018 talk I gave referencing Heimans & Timms' "New Power." In 2025, this shift feels both more urgent and challenging. The movement toward networked governance and transparency continues beneath the surface, even when not in headlines.

Destruction demands nothing of the soul—no wisdom to guide it, no courage to temper it. It feeds only on the emptiness of callousness, the mirage of power where none exists, and the petulant impulse of immaturity.

I absolutely love surprise replies

#feelthefeels
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Lake Erie in the late morning today.

Some moments call for the vertical dive of the pelican, the patience of the spider, the drifting zigzags of the butterfly, or the unhurried inching of the sloth. The key is right timing.

*all photos taken in Costa Rica by me

Having worked in three different NASA centers, I can attest to the incredible ingenuity and lovable geekiness that leads to something like this . . .

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Parker feels whatever he is feeling. And doesn't hide it.

He moves fluidly between activity, excitement, rest, and peace. We humans tend to stay busy.

Parker models receiving love, something that many of us humans struggle with. Oh, he offers it generously too.

Parker, the German Shepherd / Poodle mix, is one my teachers.

Last week hundreds of these caterpillars ate every leaf of a roble de sebana tree in one day. Now there are new buds everywhere. #naturecycle

Love the name . . . maize calligrapher
#junglebugs