Sent: info@algathaficall.org 23:49 21 Feb 2011 Attn: Saif – YGL contact [[[ note YGL is the Young Global Leader network of the World Economic Forum – Saif Al Gaddafi is no longer a member – blog post from WEF]]] Hi, We have never met, and are in all likelihood unlikely to ever meet. I’d just like to […]
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North Korea – tourist destination opening soon
February 14, 2011 
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Food is a basic human need. You take it away from people, or make it too expensive to buy, and the people get angry. Very angry. Until they starve. And then it’s the survivors that take over. It was amazing that there was no revolution in North Korea during the last famine in the 1990s […]
Continue readingHow to Establish a New Political Party – Part 3
February 7, 2011 2 Comments
Part 1 covered: 1) A party needs a leader – and leaders 2) Naming the Party 3) Balance is the Goal Part 2 covered: 4) Key Functions of a New Party 5) From the Name – Signs, logos and Rituals 6) The Insane Importance of Press & PR And now it is time […]
Continue readingHow to Establish a New Political Party – Part 2
February 6, 2011 0 Comments
Continued from Part 1… 4) Key Functions of a New Party For the basics of a new party, you will need some cornerstone functions: Public Relations/Press Relations – you will grow (or wither) with the press, so this is a critical function. More on this later on. Security – bad people will want to hurt […]
Continue readingHow to Establish a New Political Party – starting in Tahrir (Part 1)
February 6, 2011 1 Comment
This is just a thought experiment. I am not I Egypt, I am not part of the protest movement. I do like making millions of people happy – and less sad. And I believe people should be free to choose. And I do not like the obvious bad people. So, with this in mind, today’s […]
Continue readingThe Transparency Tsunami
February 5, 2011 1 Comment
The world as we knew it has completely changed. Facebook, Flickr and Twitter have totally changed our notions of privacy. Wikileaks has opened the eyes of the mass public to the behind the scenes world of politics and business. And mobile phones, with their cameras, recording devices, and cheap (mostly) available 3G bandwidth makes it […]
Continue readingWhy Mushrooms hold the Secret to Contagion Ignition
February 4, 2011 2 Comments
“Follow your peers” “Keep doing what you are doing until there is a compelling reason to change” These are two very important, deeply simple rules of thumb, or heuristics, that help us as humans living in a complex world survive every moment of our existence. Without going into massive depth on the topic, we use […]
Continue readingHow to Fake an Army Revolt
February 3, 2011 0 Comments
I used to love reading about Napoleon when I was a kid. I loved the strategies, the battles, the thinking that went into his war work. I was navigating my way through Twitter users in Cairo and was intrigued by a video from Khaled Khalil (@Kh_Khalil). The video was of a demonstration in a square, […]
Continue readingAn Army Division Turns
February 3, 2011 0 Comments
Watching the latest troubles in Egypt makes you realize why most revolutions, coup d’etat, regime changes, whatever you want to call them need the support of the military. The actions in Egypt are quite bizarre in that they have not chosen a side. And yet, it is hard to imagine the army being neutral forever. […]
Continue readingPart 2 – How Heroes Emerge (in Egypt)
February 3, 2011 0 Comments
To be a hero is not that hard. Pretty much you’d need to have a loud voice (and a megaphone), stand up high on something (statue, tank). I’d be thinking ‘symbolism’ – a picture that will burn into people’s memories, and slightly more importantly ‘press coverage’. Every hour memorable things will be taking place, but […]
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