NOBODY CAN SAY HOW TO DEAL WITH
GLOBAL WARMING
REDUCE MILITARY SPENDING
PREPARE FOR MAJOR SEISMIC EVENTS
STOP ECONOMIC INFLATION
POLITICS IS LOCAL
We know what we can trust about people we know
Decisions capable of destroying economies—or civilization itself—can proceed without any reliable demonstration that the governed understood and authorized them.
The United States has developed a foreign and military policy that persists across elections, repeatedly expands military commitments, imposes serious domestic and international economic costs, and creates pathways of escalation that could culminate in nuclear war.
Yet the public that bears those consequences often neither understands the policies in detail nor specifically authorizes them.
PAY TO PLAY IS HOW IT’S DONE
People who are rewarded, deserve it
You take someone seriously, when banks do
You are your credit rating
Power Is mistaken for knowledge
Success Is mistaken for legitimacy
MEDIA PRODUCES ADVANTAGE
INSTITUTIONS ARE LEGITIMATELY
ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE POWER
VOICES THAT CAN BE HEARD
Communities are not organized
Unorganized, communities have no collective power
FAMILIAR FACES CYCLE IN THE SCROLLING MEDIA
PROJECTING VIRTUAL POWER
THAT IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
DERIVES FROM UNIFIED EFFORT OF THE PEOPLE
YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD IS INFORMED BY CREATED CONTENT
MEDIA SOMETIMES PRODUCED BY ALGORITHMS
DESIGNED TO MANIPULATE YOU EMOTIONALLY
GLOBAL ONLINE PLATFORMS
HAVE NO MORAL CODE
NO ETHICAL STANDARDS
NO ACCOUNTABILITY
PEOPLE ARE MISLED
THE NATIONAL DEBT NOW EXCEEDS $40 TRILLION
WE ARE SYSTEMATICALLY MISLED
BY AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
THAT DEFEATS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS
CAMPAIGN FINANCE DONATIONS
AND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES
SET THE AGENDA FOR GOVERNMENT
THE DEMOCRATIC FAILURE HAS BECOME A SAFETY RISK
WE ARE REWARDING GLOBAL WARMING
FUTILE WARS
GENOCIDE, WILD FIRES, HURRICANES, DROUGHT AND FAMINE
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
DOESN’T MEAN GLOBAL AUTHORITY
Global outcomes are the product of local actions
MOVING FROM “THIS IS HAPPENING”
to:
WHAT DO WE WANT OUR GOVERNMENT TO DO?
THIS IS OUR FORM OF DEMOCRACY
When decisions are made without public input, communities are left to protest.
Public power moves much faster than communities can understand or respond.
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
DOESN’T MEAN GLOBAL AUTHORITY
Global outcomes are the product of local actions
THE MEDIUM MUST REFLECT WHAT AND WHO WE ARE
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL
FOR MEDIA TO REFLECT WHAT AND WHOM WE ARE
Democracy cannot mean one authority imposing one answer.
TO BE REAL REAL, COMMUNITY CONSENSUS MUST BE INCLUSIVE
Autonomous communities must be able to set their own priorities in the context of global objectives.
COORDINATED ACTION NETWORKS (CAN)
ON THE CUSP OF INTENTIONALLY DESIGNING THE MEDIUM
Not merely creating better content,
designing the information environment in which people
can understand reality, form their own judgment, and decide what to do.
COORDINATED ACTION NETWORKS
A NETWORK TAILORED FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS ATTENTION
1. Show up
On your community’s platform
2. Hear and see
Problems, ideas, concerns
Personal experience
3. Interact
Find common interests
Challenge assumptions
4. Vet information
Find out what holds up
5. Define actions
Negotiate
Challenge
Propose
6. Build consensus
A collective voice
7. Take action
Coordinate resources
COMMUNITIES ALREADY HAVE RESOURCES
What they lack is a way to connect their knowledge, interests, relationships, resources, and authority for democratic decision-making and action.
CAN converts the dispersed capacities of individuals into the organized democratic power of a community.
CAN PROVIDES
INFRASTRUCTURE
CAN gives communities a continuing process through which people can:
- establish reliable information;
- identify assumptions and uncertainties;
- examine objectives, alternatives, risks, and consequences;
- hear different experiences and points of view;
- determine what they agree on;
- authorize priorities and limits;
- coordinate resources and action;
- preserve commitments and public records; and
- hold institutions and representatives accountable.
LIFE-SAVING COORDINATION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Emergency Features on The Platform
maintain communication
coordinate volunteers
communities support others
share vital resources
facilitate government efforts
CAN SUPPORTS COLLECTIVE ACTION
Who decides what matters?
PLAYAS DE TIJUANA
DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUILD 9 HIGHRISE TOWERS WITH 1600 UPSCALE APARTMENTS, AND A HOTEL AND SHOPPING MALL
IN A CONSERVATION AREA
Water & energy outages are already frequent
Traffic is already intolerable
RESIDENTS ARE OBJECTING
THE COMMUNITY ISN’T ORGANIZED
The community remains inside the process the development system already knows how to defeat: hearings, objections, petitions, scattered evidence, procedural delay and exhaustion.
Communities must organize sustainable development
Global Warming
MAKING GLOBAL COOLING ACTIONABLE
Community consensus drives coordinated action
Homes can become affordable.
Childcare can be organized.
Parks can be protected.
Local economies thrive
Government can be responsible
Coordinated Action Networks
NO ADS – NO PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION
ALIGNING LOCAL ACTION
FOR GLOBAL IMPACT
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Independent Action
What people agree on—right now, moving the world
Peace and safety require more than powerful institutions.
They require communities capable of informed collective judgment.
CAN is the infrastructure that makes that possible.
CAN shapes liveable communities
Affordability preserved
Community Childcare
Open space & parks protected
Community banking
Support for local enterprise
Reduce energy demand