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1998 Media Solutions

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Hi! Happy Tuesday! What is absolutely riveting about this 2 hour corporate media discussion  in 1998 is just how quaint it is. Today's total corporate take over the of media and subsequent complete loss of media credibility since the deregulation in 1996 by Bill Clinton makes this panel discussion seem silly. The compelling reason for posting this on a blog specifically about solutions and not whining is that these folks suggest solutions throughout the two hours, especially Farai Chideya and Mark Crispin Miller. Well done. It is about the solutions. The state of affairs since then makes this post a cautionary tale about what we are up truly up against trying to change things. We now live in an era where only a handful of corporations own most of the TV and radio stations these days.  This fact is reflected in our voided expectation of any media responsibility or objectivity. It is all opinion now. It is either Fox News on the right, MSNBC on the left or CNN for a complete ea

Scale Breaking Points: Census Consensus

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Hi! Happy New Year! Two posts today! Woot!  In my previous blog post I recommended we mandate in our next US Constitution upgrades be required as scale and time invalidate our rights. However, I only recommended a general solution. Here I recommend two specific solutions for assessing breaking points. Allow Scale and Time Appeals One way to assess breaking points is to allow a new kind of legal appeal or precedent of time and scale. In my previous blog post I lamented that the founders did not think to include an amendment that forbids waiving rights. However, let us assume for the moment that we keep things the way they are. Assume people are allowed to enter into arbitration agreements in lieu of trial-by-jury. The breaking point could be assessed by allowing for a legal appeal by scale. If some contract or law includes waiving a right then the judgement can be appealed for reason of scale. If the arbitration were deemed a manifestation of scale or time then the appeal wins

Scale Design: Perpetual Change

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Hi! Happy New Year ! Zappy New Year! Wait, time for some Douglas Adams zappiness: F/X: ZAPPY BURSTING SOUND WHICH IS ALSO A BIT SCREAMY AS THE CHAIR BURSTS INTO A TERRIBLE MONSTER The topic of this blog post: The point of this blog post is to humbly recommend we as a people necessarily require provisions to mandate  change in our next constitution as scale and time invalidate the constitution. We can no longer afford to treat the US Constitution as a fixed paradigm requiring rare change. Affirmation I have long studied early American History starting from when the Mayflower first landed until around 1840. One of the things that becomes abundantly clear is that the US Constitution affirmed existing attitudes and practices for the existing people. The US Constitution did not invent new attitudes and practices. Our attitudes towards trial-by-jury and guns have dramatically changed since 1789 and we have not taken upon ourselves to reflect those changes.  Scale Example: Tr