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SchwartzReport: Science is Not About Certainty Rather About Most Reliable Way of Thinking at Present Level of Knowledge

Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence

This is a really excellent essay on the nature of science. Rovelli's observation: “Science is not about certainty. Science is about finding the most reliable way of thinking at the present level of knowledge” is one of the most insightful things I have read about science in a decade. There are also very insightful comments about the competing worldviews in physics, and science's relationship to religion. This piece has been excerpted from The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos.

Science Is Not About Certainty
CARLO ROVELLI, professor at Université de la Méditerranée, Marsei – New Republic

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Jean Lievens: Advanced Idiocy USA – “Algorithmic Regulation”

Cultural Intelligence

Jean LievensThe rise of data and the death of politics

Tech pioneers in the US are advocating a new data-based approach to governance – ‘algorithmic regulation'. But if technology provides the answers to society's problems, what happens to governments?

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This new type of governance has a name: algorithmic regulation. In as much as Silicon Valley has a political programme, this is it. Tim O'Reilly, an influential technology publisher, venture capitalist and ideas man (he is to blame for popularising the term “web 2.0”) has been its most enthusiastic promoter. In a recent essay that lays out his reasoning, O'Reilly makes an intriguing case for the virtues of algorithmic regulation – a case that deserves close scrutiny both for what it promises policymakers and the simplistic assumptions it makes about politics, democracy and power.

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Berto Jongman: TX Hammes on Future War — Many Small versus Few Expensive

Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Military, Peace Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

The Future of Warfare: Small, Many, Smart vs. Few & Exquisite?

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To illustrate how small, many, and smart are emerging as major shifts in warfare, this article will start by examining why it is now possible to create small, smart, and cheap platforms that have sufficient range and combat capability to fulfill the very challenging role of power projection. It will then examine the implications for U.S. defense.

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Reference: Counter-Intelligence (Movie) – Spying Deters Democracy – Part I Interview with Filmmaker Scott Noble

Cultural Intelligence

Counter-Intelligence: Spying Deters Democracy

Part 1: Interview with Filmmaker Scott Noble

by Kim Petersen

Dissident Voice, July 7th, 2014

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In a broader sense I wanted to ask whether democracy is even possible when organizations like the CIA exist. We are currently living under a hybrid of plutocracy (from plouto, “wealth”) and cryptocracy (from krypton, “hidden”) that benefits about 1 percent of the human population. It’s no secret we’re ruled by the rich, but there is a relative lack of understanding about just how much information is kept hidden from the public.

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HOPEX: YouTube (1:23:26) Ellsberg – Snowden

Cultural Intelligence, Officers Call
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ROBERT STEELE: I was given a front row seat next to Thomas Drake and Snowden's parents. This is one of the most extraordinary conversations I have ever absorbed. I strongly recommend it in its entirety to every person, but most particularly to those who love the Constitution and the Republic but are concerned about the lack of integrity within the US Government.

I talked for about fifteen minutes with Snowden's parents. His father is a former senior C4I Program Manager for the US Coast Guard and a total patriot. On the basis of this event my estimation of Snowden and the democratic importance of what he has done has increased from 70% to 90%.

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Jean Lievens: Google Terminating Anonymnity

Cultural Intelligence
Jean Lievens
Jean Lievens

Google: Doing everything to end Anonymity on Internet

You may have noticed that Google has made changes in it sign-up process and you have to provide a real name while signing up for any of its services. If you try to sign-up with a different name that doesn’t looks like a real name, Google will use its algorithm to determine its authenticity and would reject it.

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A patent application published in month of Nov’13 is describing how Google is making sure that a user must enter his real name while sign-up process. Google has implemented this new method to curb social network and internet anonymity.

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