Alltop - The Democratic Spread Of Information

June 24, 2008 · Filed Under Humanity · 4 Comments

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I am extra happy today as I woke up to an email that said I was approved for inclusion in a relatively new service called Alltop. Alltop was launched back in March as an “aggregator without the aggravation.” To be subscribed to the RSS feeds of all the top story news sites can be a chore to set up and read. Alltop puts a lot of the sources for new information together in one place so with a daily visit to Alltop you can read all the newest content without having to be an active subscriber, hence the tag line “without the aggravation.”

The Source For Seth site was included in the Religion section of Alltop even though I have no religious ties and refer to my information as spiritual, the religion section was the best fit. Situated right beside Evolving Beings made me smile.

Alltop was started by Guy Kawasaki, Will Mayall and Kathryn Henkins. Their newly formed company called Nononina also operates a fairly new service called Truemors. Both of these sights seem to have a similar philosophy about information. They seem to be committed to spreading information in an open democratic way or as I would call it a personally empowering way, meaning that we have the power to decide what information we choose and discern if it is valid for us. That resonates with my belief that we are evolving from a follow the leader paradigm to one of following our selves.

The Internet has now become the main tool for spreading and receiving information. The beauty of it is that it comes in so many flavors that one group or government agency cannot control it the way that information or propaganda has been given to the masses in the past. Mixing the ability to hear global perspective rather than just from one localized source, that may or may not have agendas, is the future of communications.

That got me thinking about information in general. What do we believe to be truth. This Truemor post that I was pointed to by Guy Kawasaki on Twitter titled Is the Internet A Source of Information or Misinformation, linked to a couple different news stories about educators complaining about misinformation on Wikipedia and the net in general. I then extended that to not only the Internet but all other forms of media like TV, newspapers, governments, or even face to face communication. The old cliche of “don’t believe everything you read or hear” is good advice that applies to every form of information dissemination.

We are by nature generally trusting beings that would like to believe that what we are hearing is truth. It has been proven many times over that we cannot always rely on receiving truth.

One of the attributes of new human behavior I describe is the ability to discern. Discernment is taking what feels valid for you and leaving the rest without judgment or without the feeling the need to correct or defend one’s beliefs. That is empowerment. We have the power to choose. There is no need to follow blindly just because some person in “authority” tells us that it is truth. Giving our power away to the “experts” is part of the old energy. Following without question is how humans have behaved in the past. Not now. The Internet is a great tool for us to learn how to empower our selves. Using our intuitive powers for what feels right for us along with the coinciding attribute of taking personal responsibility for our lives are both descriptions of a human in the new energy.

Alltop is a good example of a source that just throws it all on the table and gives the reader the power to decide what resonates with them. There is no stopping the information flow on the net. No one can control it. Not a company or a government. It’s long past the time where any one entity can censor the Internet. The concept of copyright and protection of information are aspects of duality consciousness. Wherein we are separate and feel that is this information is mine and I own it. Information should be freely distributed. With that freedom comes our responsibility to decide for our selves what is truth and not continue passing the blame for our situations onto any source.

So, thanks Alltop. I am proud to be a part of your community. To be part of a philosophy of the democratic flow of information. I will take my responsibility to heart. The message that I spread through this site is given freely and from my heart with the intention of helping anyone who chooses to listen. This is not a news site. This is merely my perspective of the shift to a new consciousness for us. If it is valid for you great, if not, so be it.

I am grateful for the opportunity that Alltop has given me to have another channel to reach anyone that discerns that the time to awaken is now.

Just got this from Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations With God series. He has the perfect solution for misinformation. What Would God Say