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Definition: Collective Intelligence by Robert Steele — A Conversation with Tom Atlee
Collective Intelligence, Definitions
FINAL:
* Collectively generated decision-support tailored to any need at any point in time and space — blends holistic analytics, true cost economics, and open source everything engineering toward a notional 24/7 World Brain.
Mongoose: Watching the Watchers
Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Ethics
On stage, McGrath reiterated: “I think that open source intelligence is one of our biggest assets in understanding secret surveillance program because it’s something that can’t be shut down and it’s something that can be collected in a very decent decentralized fashion,” he said. “We have the potential to actually build a surveillance state that is a decentralize check on the surveillance state based on this open data.”
http://rt.com/usa/256285-republica-mcgrath-icwatch-database/
Round-Up: The Human Factor
Advanced Cyber/IO
I am very pleased to see new interest in my original posts on The Human Factor, augmented by thoughtful contributions from others. The most popular is below, the rest are lined up below the fold.
Berto Jongman: 96% in USA Expect Summer Unrest
Cultural Intelligence
96% Of Americans Expect More Civil Unrest In U.S. Cities This Summer
Are you ready for rioting, looting and mindless violence in major U.S. cities all summer long? According to a brand new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 96 percent of all Americans believe that there will be more civil unrest in America this summer. That leaves only 4 percent of people that believe that everything will be just fine. In this day and age, it is virtually impossible to get 96 percent of Americans to agree on anything. So the fact that just about everyone agrees that we are going to see more civil unrest should really tell you something. The anger that has been building under the surface for so many years in this country has finally started to erupt.
JZ Liszkiewicz : YouTube Panel on Extinction
Earth Intelligence
This is a very interesting panel on extinction past and future. They give overviews ranging from neanderthal DNA sequencing, flood basalts from Siberia containing CFC's that killed off other species, to the future of education – https://youtu.be/BFcZG_QVsT8
Video & Further Comments Below the Fold
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SchwartzReport: Drought Impacts Trees & Food
03 Economy, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Health, 11 Society, 12 Water, Earth Intelligence
One aspect of climate change that people are simply not fully comprehending is the massive changes in the natural environment that are going to come with it. This report about California is just one example of what I mean. The massive restructuring of natural systems is going to be very challenging to our civilization.
Drought kills 12 million trees in California's national forests
It isn't just trees. Climate change is going to disrupt the food system, which is going to disrupt us in significant ways. Once again I urge you to grow food and encourage and facilitate local food production. Communities that do that will have an easier time going through this inevitable transition. And that is the reality. This restructuring is going to happen, because climate change is already happening, as this report and the tree story make clear.
California’s Drought Could Upend America’s Entire Food System
