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American economist Jeremy Rifkin is absolutely right. His analysis of our global crises is spot on. The plan he proposes is solid. We can switch to durable energies on a global scale and distribute those durable energies through an 'Intergrid' just like we distribute information and knowledge through the internet. Let's switch to durable energy sources to stop climate change and jump start an empathic world economy. Good plan! But ...

His plan might even be better if we not only distribute information, knowledge and electrical power but also the power to solve global problems amongst linked individuals. If nation states or 192 world leaders are not smart enough, motivated enough, fast enough or flexible enough to solve the energy crisis + the climate crisis + the economic crisis for their people, they may be as obsolete as the old energy sources and economics they have to replace. It's not logical to primarily turn to nation states or politicians.

Why not let millions of people world wide, that do get it, solve our problems together. Governments didn't build the information society: scientists and creatives did. The nature of global problems and distributed solutions doesn't go very well with national or local governments and a bureaucratic approach to problem solving. Let alone: do thing fast!

Hi. This website contains all the stuff concerned with my one-person-company todeBoon. On the pages of the blog I'll post stuff about the things I do for money and the things I do for fun. The blog will be in English. The for money stuff will be about creativity, internet, politics, art & culture, social media and digital campaigning. And the fun? Well: you never know what kind of fun you'll have tomorrow.We'll see. A part of this website's content will be in Dutch. Mostly stuff about projects I work on now or work I did in the past. Also an archive of content I wrote for various media and companies. But first I'll have to fix up the look of the site. At this moment I'm looking at an all white page without any desing exept placement on the page. Later!