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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Beth Simone Noveck
Alpha M-P, Collective Intelligence
Beth Simone Noveck directs The Governance Lab and its MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance. GovLab designs and tests technology, policy and strategies for fostering more open and collaborative approaches to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and govern themselves more effectively and legitimately.
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Pepe Escobar: How Russia is Smashing the Turkish Game in Syria
04 Inter-State Conflict, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards
How Russia is Smashing the Turkish Game in Syria
The latest news from Russia’s Defense Ministry has struck like a volcanic eruption; the Erdogan family mob was branded as “criminals”, with Moscow presenting only an appetizer of the all the evidence it has in store.
Tyler Durden: Federal Reserve Leaks to Wall Street with Impunity
Commerce, Corruption, Government
Academic Study Shows Fed Engaged In Systematic Leaks To Insiders
Researchers at Duke University and the University of California at Berkeley point to quantitative evidence that The Fed consistently leaks non-public information about its meetings, driving an investment pattern that has led to market gains.
RT Promo: President Snowden in 30
Cultural IntelligenceMarcin Jakubowski: Open Source Ecology & Technology – Creating a Maker Culture
Cultural Intelligence
How Open Source Ecology & Technology Will Revolutionize the Maker Culture & Change the World
We have before us the great potential for the emergence of the ‘maker culture,’ a culture where communities make what they need out of what they already have, using ideas and plans developed, tested and shared freely via open source. Among the ranks of incredible people around the globe who are actively bringing about this kind of societal transformation is Marcin Jakubowski, a Polish born US immigrant who’s grand vision for the future of technology and local sovereignty is being built, right now, on a small Midwestern farm in the US.
Walter: Could Harjit Saijan, Canada’s New Defense Minister, Be a Role Model for the West?
Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
His message of “Respect” has never been more important.
- Respect your enemies. Keep their leaders close while relentlessly pursuing meaningful charges against them,
- Respect communities. They are your first line of defense. They are your eyes and ears.
- Respect immigrants. The world's people judge nations by how they treat their immigrants.
- Respect the public. Surveillance only works when you have a target. Everything else is noise.
- Respect culture and diversity.

