Tom Atlee: Inclusive Networks as Self-Governance?

Cultural Intelligence

nclusive networks are shaping our lives right now. Are they governance?

These are not so much networks of individuals as networks of groups, organizations, and institutions. When they begin to weave together into multi-sector, multi-stakeholder, multi-scale (MS3) networks, they become increasingly inclusive, often by asking “Who else should be part of this work, this conversation?” With true inclusiveness, the level and texture of impact they have – and could have – begins to boggle my mind. They present the possibility of millions of committed eyes, ears, heads, hands, and hearts working together on the ground in every aspect of any given issue or system. (If you are concerned about the possible totalitarian implications of this, please see my asterisked* note below.)

Berto Jongman: Artificial Intelligence Arms Race — Harsh Comment by Robert Steele

Advanced Cyber/IO, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency, Peace Intelligence

Berto Jongman

AI could Kickstart a New Global Arms Race – we need Better Ways to Govern it before it’s too Late

There is a lot of money to be made from Artificial Intelligence. By one estimate, the market is projected to hit US$36.8 billion by 2025. Some of this money will undoubtedly go to social good, like curing illness, disease and infirmity. Some will also go to better understanding intractable social problems like wealth distribution, urban planning, smart cities, and more “efficient” ways to do just about everything. But the key word here is “some”

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Berto Jongman: Money in a Human Economy (Edited by Keith Hart)

03 Economy, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence
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Money in a Human Economy

Edited by Keith Hart

“Hart’s human economy paradigm is changing the terms of debate in economic anthropology. This volume, which contains essays by the world’s leading experts on new ways of thinking about money, explores fundamental questions about the human condition in today’s unequal world.” · Chris Gregory, Australian National University

CounterPunch: Gerald Sussman on Political Myth-Making and State Legitimacy

11 Society, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Peace Intelligence

Political Myth-Making and State Legitimacy

First off, it is quite evident that the United States, which for years has been losing internal state legitimacy, is in crisis. (It’s already lost external state legitimacy, the Trump brand reportedly now distrusted by three-fourths of the world.) This means that a majority of American citizens no longer believe that the political and economic elites are working in the public interest. Once this happens, to cite Humpty Dumpty: “all the king’s horses [the police and military apparatuses] and all the king’s men [loyal state officials and publicity agents] couldn’t put Humpty [state legitimacy] together again.”

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