There are people and groups seeking to find/develop/promote ways to
create benefits to society by USING INFORMATION IN NEW WAYS (sharing,
compiling, etc.) via the internet.
I'm trying to create a list of the MOST WELL-CONNECTED AND WELL-KNOWN
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS who have expressed a belief or commitment to
this kind of mission. Al Gore is one obvious example.
First and foremost I'm seeking those are committed to using the
internet to achieve this mission. Another way to say it is I'm trying
to find those most committed to part (2) below:
(1) Find/develop/promote ways to use information for social good;
(2) Use the internet to achieve this mission.
The information I'm seeking is primarily just a name and a link to a
site where their relevant views or efforts are made clear. A text
comment about them rather than a link is fine too.
I do need some form of contact information, but I'll create a separate
question for those I have problems finding. Hence if the site linked
to has some form of contact information so much the better. |
Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
21 Nov 2006 11:22 PST
I recommend that you define "a list" so researchers will know exactly
what your expectations are considering the price you are offering in
exchange for the research.
tutuzdad-ga
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Clarification of Question by
controltheweb-ga
on
21 Nov 2006 14:08 PST
Looking for at least 30 names meeting my criteria that are not already
on the following list (I extracted these from the TED conference
presenters, many do not meet my criteria):
Hans Rosling
Al Gore
David Pogue
Jeff Han
Malcom Gladwell
Mena Trott
Nicholas Negroponte
Richard Baraniuk
Steven Levitt
Ze Frank
Sasa Vucinic
Iqbal Quadir
Jimmy Wales
Rick Warren
Bono
Sir Ken Robinson
Tony Robbins
Alison Jackson
Carl Honoré
Iqbal Qadir
Irshad Manji
John Lloyd
Peter Diamandis
Sir Martin Rees
Jacqueline Novogratz
Aubrey de Grey
Eva Vertes
Ray Kurzweil
David Deutsch
Robert Fischell
Michael Shermer
Richard Dawkins
Peter Donnelly
Ed Burtynsky
Kevin Kelly
Joshua Prince-Ramus
Julia Sweeney
Majora Carter
Ben Saunders
Ashraf Ghani
Barry Schwartz
Dan Dennett
Dan Gilbert
Eve Ensler
Helen Fisher
Burt Rutan
Amy Smith
Ross Lovegrove
Cameron Sinclair
Jehane Noujaim
Larry Brilliant
Amory Lovins
Anna Deveare-Smith
Bjorn Lomborg
Brian Greene
Dean Ornish
Eve Ensler
Frans Lanting
Gregory Colbert
James Watson
Janine Benyus
Ken Robinson
Mickey Hart
Peter Gabriel
Stefan Sagmeister
Steve Case
Virginia Postrel
William McDonough
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
21 Nov 2006 14:16 PST
At your current price, the Researcher who answers your question stands
to earn $6. Quite frankly, for this price I doubt that anyone is going
to build a list of thirty names that meet your requirements. This is
likely to take several hours of research.
You'll probably get better results if you either increase the price
considerably or pare down the size of the list that you require.
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Clarification of Question by
controltheweb-ga
on
21 Nov 2006 18:37 PST
I was hoping for someone to find an existing grouping of such folks,
not to try to create the list from scratch. A single article or two.
Magazines such as Wired seem to love to create lists of influential
people.
I seem to have heard of some recent articles listing people
influential on the internet, but haven't found them (other than
Newsweek's old "net 50" from 1995). I was hoping for a link to such an
article or articles.
Had someone simply extracted the TED conference folks, that would have
been at least half. But I figured that out on my own. So if someone
else can find a similar grouping or two with at least a dozen folks
who are a "direct hit" for my criteria, I'll award for that.
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Clarification of Question by
controltheweb-ga
on
21 Nov 2006 18:45 PST
I found at least one article that gives me what I was looking for:
http://www.iseff.com/2005/12/most-influential-person-of-web-20-in.html
I'd also add to that
Esther Dyson
Robert X. Cringely
Philip R. Zimmermann
Steve Wozniak
If someone has another article to add that's helpful, I might award
for it if it produces enough people, otherwise I'll discontinue the
question.
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