TakingITGlobal: Inspirar, Informar, Envolver

dropping knowledge's mission is to provide a globally accessible educational source
and online network of knowledge, opinions and ideas, in order to enable people
to gather, take-up and reflect on multiple viewpoints of important global values and diverse cultural, ethnic, social,...
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dropping knowledge's mission is to provide a globally accessible educational source
and online network of knowledge, opinions and ideas, in order to enable people
to gather, take-up and reflect on multiple viewpoints of important global values and diverse cultural, ethnic, social, religious and
issues of our time. The aim is to transfer the knowledge into society , to stimulate
critical thought, to generate wisdom and simultaneously create a dialogue between
people and their communities.
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Last weekend, over a hundred big thinkers from all over the world got together in Berlin to spend a entire day answering questions on the state of the planet. Did they find a solution? Not necessarily. But, according to the project's organizers, asking questions is just the first step to...
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Last weekend, over a hundred big thinkers from all over the world got together in Berlin to spend a entire day answering questions on the state of the planet. Did they find a solution? Not necessarily. But, according to the project's organizers, asking questions is just the first step to revolution.. A total of 112 leading thinkers, artists, philosophers, activists and scientists met up in the German capital on Saturday to take part in the "Table of Free Voices," an open-air, nine-hour marathon session of answering questions that is part of the Dropping Knowledge project. American actor Willem Dafoe and Nigerian human rights activist Hafsat Abiola moderated the event, reading out 100 questions, while the participants, sitting opposite cameras and microphones, had three minutes to simultaneously respond to each question. Although it is doubtful whether three minutes suffices for anyone to really answer questions like "What is God's religion?" "Is it murder to kill a murderer?" "Would there be war if the world was run by women?" or "Can dancing change the world?"
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website: ask, answer and discuss questions, download media, and use the search-able database to find social topics that matter to you - the global dialog platform, upload media
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