from the whole earth catalogue

WE ARE AS GODS and might as well get good at it. So far remotely done power and glory - as via government, big business, formal education, church - has succeeded to the point where gross defects obscure actual gains. In response to this dilemma and to these gains, a realm of intimate, personal power is developing - the power of individuals to conduct their own education, find their own inspiration, shape their own environment, and share the adventure with whoever is interested. Tools that aid this process are sought and promoted by the Essential Whole Earth Catalog.

--excerpt from a 1986 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog

tags: enfranchisement, disintermediation, search engine, forerunner, environment, microinvestment, Kyoto, protocol