Category: Journal ISSN 1078-1935

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Mongoose: Is Israel Uniting Muslims Against Apartheid of Palestinians?

01 Poverty, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities
Mongoose
Mongoose

Indonesia Leader Calls on Muslim World to Unite on Palestine

Indonesia's president on Monday urged a summit of Muslim nations to be part of the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rather than part of the problem. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who heads the most populous Muslim nation, said the entire world is concerned by the deterioration of the situation in Palestine and criticized what he called Israel's “unilateral and illegal policies.” Officials from 57 countries are meeting in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, for a special summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation that is focused on Palestine and Jerusalem.

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Owl: Is Donald Trump a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing?

Cultural Intelligence
Who? Who?
Who? Who?

Trump: A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing

EXTRACT:

His Freudian slip up in favoring foreign high-tech workers to come into the US on H1B visas, plus his expressed wish to radically lower taxes on business may be a signal to the Technorati that Robb is talking about, that he’s really on their side, no need to start a 3rd party, because after he gets the left behinds – the “losers,” the “fired” – to put him in office, he’ll support the Technorati.

Full Essay Below the Fold

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Nikola Danaylov: The United States of Secrets

Corruption, Government, IO Impotency, Law Enforcement
Nikolai Danalylov
Nikolai Danalylov

The United States of Secrets

FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to reveal the dramatic inside story of the U.S. government's massive and controversial secret surveillance program–and the lengths they went to trying to keep it hidden from the public. Part one goes inside Washington to piece together the secret political history of “The Program,” which began in the wake of Sept. 11 and continues today — even after the revelations of its existence by Edward Snowden. Part two explores the secret relationship between Silicon Valley and the National Security Agency: How have the government and tech companies worked together to gather and warehouse your data?

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Robert James Beckett: Communications ethics and the Internet – intercultural and localising influencers

Advanced Cyber/IO, Communities of Practice, Ethics
Robert James Beckett
Robert James Beckett

Communication ethics and the internet: intercultural and localising influencers

International Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 2 (11/2004)

Abstract:

In the information-technology powered twenty first century a general demand for more effective communication is driving people to question the present, examine the past and to prognosticate the future.The ‘unique global media-information system’ – the Internet – is the central fact of a vast new complexity of communication (mediated and unmediated) that is driving social-economic-political-religious- technological change (see http://www.5systems.net) at a rate never experienced before.

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Daniel Araya: Chris Eliasmith on Reverse Engineering the Brain, Dangerous AI, and Universal Basic Income

Advanced Cyber/IO
Daniel Araya
Daniel Araya

Chris Eliasmith on Reverse Engineering the Brain, Dangerous AI, and Universal Basic Income

My interview with Chris Eliasmith, Director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience and head of the Computational Neuroscience Research Group (CNRG) at the University of Waterloo. He is the creator of one of the world's most realistic brain simulations (SPAUN), winner of the prestigious 2015 NSERC Polanyi Award, and cofounder of Applied Brain Research.

Interview

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2016 Robert Steele: The Ultimate Hack – Resilient Villages, Smart Cities, Prosperous Nations at Peace — and Unlimited Clean Water

Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Gift Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
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This briefing has been prepared for the BRICS + Indonesia and Iran — and other nations such as Brunei, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — as a means of fostering a conversation about the future of Earth and humanity —  there are solutions that are affordable, interoperable, and scalable.

SHORT URL (This Post): http://tinyurl.com/EIN-BRICS-OSEE

PPT (21 Slides with Notes): EIN BRICS Ultimate Hack Lite 1.6

All Graphics and Notes in Full Text (Translatable) Below the Fold

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Mongoose: The Job Numbers Do Lie….

Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government
Mongoose
Mongoose

A prominent US political leader recently said that “the job numbers do not lie.” This is in fact a lie.  The job numbers do lie. Below are just a few of the reports from others that have appeared here at Phi Beta Iota, all continue to be relevant today.

Graphic: USA Unemployment 22.4% and Rising (ShadowStats)

Graphic: Youth Unemployment by Region — Worst Ever

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