Dealing with an Internet Conglomerate — Customer service with big corporations is hit or miss. Some corporations do this well; some not. With internet conglomerates, we find ourselves trying to resolve our problems with software, not people. Sometimes the software works; sometimes not. I’ve recently had a frustrating encounter with an internet conglomerate. It was time…

Their weakness could become our strength — Russia is on the brink. They are losing a war they should have easily won. They are losing influence in the world. This country’s eastern boundary just might go back to the Ural Mountains. But Russia can teach us something. Medium contributor B Kean is an American businessperson who had…

Analysis of one Medium contributor’s story — I feel sorry for social media forums. If they allow total free speech, their sites will eventually be overrun with tribalism, hate, porn, internet business, etc., eventually turning the forum into something mostly useless for the intended users. So some moderation is required to keep a sane forum and users…

Insights into the Medium matrix — My feed showed top writer articles when I joined Medium in April 2019. That makes sense: Medium should show its best talent to the newbies. There was Jessica Wildfire and Umair Haque. There was also a lady who was an evangelical Christian who had an affair with a married man…

It’s not what you think — I’ve had this kind of conversation with Donald Trump detractors on Medium: Medium Contributor: I hate Donald Trump. He is the worst president ever. He is inept and corrupt. Dave: I have invented an alternative system of democratic governance where people liked Donald Trump would not be elected. Medium Contributor…

They are great social engineering tools — Alberta Wheat Pool My first exposure to co-operatives was the Alberta Wheat Pool. For 10 years, my farmer father was the local Pool delegate. Once a year, he went to a week-long convention in Calgary to cast his vote for various Wheat Pool directives. The Alberta Wheat Pool (as well as the Saskatchewan…

My Next Best Alternative — Last November, my stars lined up for more spare time. So I decided to write more articles for Medium. I was hoping this extra exposure would have resulted in more traction for my alternative democracy. …

The old ways are no longer working — Lately, discussions with other Medium contributors have been inspiring me to write unique articles about my alternative democracy. In February, one such discussion led me to write my own article about the famous book by Dr. Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman: “Manufactured Consent.” Chasing Noam Chomsky is Futile Why academics cannot leadmedium.com Maybe because my title was on the…

Is this show moving the world forward? — I had seen the “The Social” on daytime TV and thought it deserved more of my attention. So I made it into a little project. It was a good multi-tasking distraction while I pounded away at Medium, crafting articles very few Medium contributors want to read. …