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Minister (2k+ posts)
This thread is actually an introduction to a website I found today while surfing the internet. I found this website really interesting so I wanted to share it with my Siasat.pk community. I hope the intellectual community of Siasat.pk will like it.... :)
http://thoughtmaybe.com/
About this Website...
About Us? This is really about you
Why are you here? What are you looking for? Information on the impacts of globalisation? Where technology meets the natural environment? How banking really works? What about advertising and mainstream media? Or Indigenous rights, racism and police? Or how about population, peak oil, food and housing?
This is a website that aims to provoke your thoughts not only about these important issues, but many other pertinent topics relevant to modern society, industrial civilisation and globalised dominant culture.
Theres already a lot of information on the Internet, so our goal is to cut through the noise and garbage, to present valuable information in a clear way, so its accessible, useful and easily digested.
This still may not be an easy undertaking though, and we can understand thatespecially considering the complexity and interconnectedness of the topics, as well as the crossing over of sources; but also for the fact that the information here can be incomplete, sometimes contradictory or even controversial. But this is the point.
Its all part of what were trying to do: provoke critical thinking, questioning and doing.
We've fundamentally built this resource to inform and inspire actionand no, were not talking about clicking the stupid Like button on Facebook, signing online petitions or letter writingwe mean informing and inspiring real-world action; taking this information away from the computer to rejuvenate the strong networks with the people around you in the real world, to discuss, plan, act.
This is not a symbolic action or clicktivism website, nor is it a simple collection of popular content, like the other websites available. Its a resource that aims to inform, inspire and provoke action; to generate a multitude of responses and reactions. This is just some of what is needed to break paradigms, subservience, acquiescence, and to cultivate inspiration to continue work on the plethora of puzzles and problems addressed in the information published here.
Some puzzles are big, some are small, but everywhere you look, theres good work to be done.
Welcome to the introduction.
Thought Maybe
Website
Thought Maybe is a 100% independent, autonomous and self-hosted, self-funded, and self-directed operation that exists to inspire action on a whole bunch of different topics surrounding modern society, industrial civilisation, globalised dominant culture.
Heres the break-down:
Self-hosted: We dont use or support corporate communication networks such as YouTube, Facebook, Google, etc. We run our own servers and maintain an independent software platform for publishing (insofar as its possible to do on the Internet of corporate-controlled gateways or ISPs). This site runs entirely on Open Source Software and embraces the notion of Creative Commons.
Self-funded: We dont run advertising on our site. This is not a project to make money with. Our costs are entirely covered by funds put up by site administrators, editors and sometimes by generous user donations. We dont receive any outside funds, nor do we receive or accept money from corporate or government entities (ha, imagine that!).
Self-directed, independent, autonomous: We have no affiliations and are not part of any organisation/group, which means no vested interest, which means we can publish what is needed without interference, censorship or vetoing. We dont work with any commercial organisations, religious groups, political parties, etc were entirely independent and self-determined in order to remain credible, effective and honest about what we set out to achieve.
Thanks for visiting.
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