Six Degrees of Awesome ReverenceRespecting sacredness

"The basis of my existence is weird: whenever I ponder this life, however superficially, I get struck by an immediate lack of understanding, a hopeless, unfilled amazement." -I. A. Bunin		 Existence Buckminster Fuller's grand thinking Coming soon
2007 Purdue University flashmob LearningGrowing in wisdom

"The trial never ends. We wanted to see if you had the ability to expand your mind to new horizons. And for one brief moment, you did. For a fraction of a second, you were open to options you’d never considered. THAT is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." -Q		 Reflexive systems Andy Kaufman's march to his own drummer
Karma Cards HumorReveling in absurdity

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -Mark Twain		 Evolutionary theory (and the evolution of the idea of evolution) Ralph Waldo Emerson's vision
Contemplating the universe ServiceHelping others see the divine

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill		 Thinking in images Henri Bergson's creative spirit
Digital Literacy Contest; Digital Democracy Contest AwarenessExperiencing experience itself

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." -Henry Miller		 Systems thinking; interdisciplinarity Philippe Petit's spiritual joy
Global Networked-Intelligence Contests (GNIC) AutonomyGiving the world unique contributions

"Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style." -Kurt Vonnegut		 Autodidacts and polymaths Speed Levitch's tireless efforts for sincerity
AuthenticityLiving by these values

"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone." -Ralph Waldo Emerson		 Technology: how it affects us and what to do about it. Ze Frank's attitude and online experiments