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Author Archives: Brewster Kahle
If the ‘safety-net’ that went from Church to Government now goes to Non-Profits then we have work to do!
From the middle ages through the 1800’s, the “social safety net” in the west used to be offered by “the Church” (which church varied by region). Think about schools, alms for the poor, asylums, hospitals– many or most were administered … Continue reading
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High Stakes Testing– is Failing
Diane Ravitch’s book The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education was a thoughtful antidote to the highly touted movie Waiting for “Superman” . A clue that that movie was a … Continue reading
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Article on Sharable about Foundation Housing
I think the writer, Jessica Conrad, did a great job on this article about Foundation Housing for an interesting periodical Sharable, and also the same article was put up on On The Commons. Recommended.
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Vanity Bitcoin Address for Me
Thanks the Mike McCabe at the Archive, I now have a cool vanity bitcoin address. As in all things bitcoin, there is no central point of control, even on vanity addresses. Basically one just computes lots of different addresses until … Continue reading
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Our Foundation House now accepts Bitcoin for Rent in San Francisco
(covered by SFWeekly) Our Foundation House is now accepting bitcoin for rent. Since the Internet Archive is having such fun with bitcoin, we thought we would offer this. The Sushi place in our neighborhood accepts bitcoin, and Internet Archive employees … Continue reading
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Bank Secrecy Act = Bank Surveillance Act
United States banks do not tell you this, but they are now spying for the United States Government. I am now a chairman of a Credit Union (please join!) and as such went through Bank Secrecy Act training. “Bank Secrecy … Continue reading
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Phone Metadata Used To Find Informants and Kill Them
To help understand the impact of the current debate about “phone-metadata”, or records of phonecalls, a friend cited an article that describes how a Colombian drug cartel, in 2002, used phone metadata to find government informants and kill them. Apparently, … Continue reading
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Facebook Building Apartments for Employees
“The social media giant announced plans to erect a community development a mere 1.5 miles from the Menlo Park, Calif. sprawl. The $120 million, 630,000 square-foot complex will house 394 units including studio apartments and three-bedroom apartments, with a handful … Continue reading
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Affordable Apartment Building for Non-Profit Workers– the first Foundation House
We now have it! A new non-profit now owns an apartment building in the central Richmond district of San Francisco. The mission of the Foundation House is to create affordable housing for people that work in non-profits– in … Continue reading
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Issues with Deviating from Market-based Rents in Foundation Housing
Some have criticized the Foundation Housing for non-profit workers idea because of the consequences of offering lower-cost-than-market based housing. This is a real problem that must be considered as we try to help non-profit workers continue a career of service in … Continue reading
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