At the end of last year, I blogged on the similarities of "open source" and, for lack of better words, "spiritual source".  Today I come across someone fairly well-known, also making a social connection to open-source.

Kos asks, "What does this have to do with politics? Not much. But as the Propagannon types have shown, dozens (hundreds) of people waging open source journalism can sometimes be more effective than understaffed newsrooms filled with overworked reporters trying to meet deadline

When I'm asked about blogging's legacy, I talk about open source. Open source politics, open source activism, open source journalism -- the aggregation of thousands on behalf of a common cause. Bloggers and their opinions might be mildly interesting, but the ability to pool our efforts on issues that capture the collective imagination is what really gets me excited."

I could ask the same question. "What does open source have to do with integral knowledge and awareness?"

I would answer, for interaction with the world, quite a lot.  Modes of knowledge and best practices can be easily put together if we pool our efforts.  I'm hoping that "Integral University" will have the platform to encourage hundreds if not thousands of participants and contributors.  But if not, I'll say this again, the "Integral Visioning" platform is a promising step in this direction.