Charity, Social Responsibility and Common Sense

How do you alleviate suffering on a local and global scale?

How do improve conditions – security, living standards, health care, education, economy – in your country and in other countries?

A fundamental principle of human society is our responsibility to our fellow man – to aid, collaborate and generally work together for the betterment of society at large. We’re hardwired – genetically or socially, that’s up to you – to make things better for ourselves and for the people around us.

There are two ways we do this:

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Citizen Journalism – A Primer

Citizen Journalism is the modern manifestation of an ancient truth – no matter how (or what) you tell people to think, they’ll always:

  • have their own opinions and
  • find the truth if you’re lying to them

The Information Age has made gaps in our knowledge and gaps in the knowledge pushed to us by traditional information channels glaringly obvious. Citizen journalism is an evolving and effective mechanism for both finding those gaps and filling them where possible.

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