When I look back on the idealizations of the past, there is always something interesting about the 1970’s. There are a lot of parallels between the 70’s and the recent years past: namely a war against an ideology, a new interest in environmentalism, and high gas prices.

What interests me about this is from that time period, is how I have this image in my head of the stereotypical hippie in hippie culture. This idea of people creating things, sharing, growing this. It seems incredible to me. I’m not much of the type of person that I believe could do this directly but I do like the idea.

It got me thinking though, we have this delivery mechanism that is available (often for free at the local library) of the internet. But if people want to share anything they have to be at a number of different sites that are generally specific to a single domain. So if you want to share your latest essay with the world you have many options. Do you post it with the likes of yahoo somewhere, your own blog, your myface, or do you not share it at all.

How do you get the word out. How do you maintain the interest of the public legitimately, without turning to stunts like greenpeace that I would argue diminish credibility in the public’s eye about environmental or social issues? How do you connect with your community in times meaningful ways? How do you become active if your community and not get killed by bureaucracy?

We’ve seen Web 2.0. We’ve seen it do good things. We’ve seen it do bad things (waste time). We have the technology. We have the means.

I think I’ve figured out the model part of it. But can I implement it successfully. Will I be able to maintain my OWN interest in creating this as life advances? Only time will tell.

Peace.