New mathematical logic to help intelligence services cope with uncertainty
Jean Lievens: Rights to Water and Land — the Next Global Revolution?
Earth Intelligence
Rights to Water and Land, a Common Struggle
The declaration on the rights to Water and Land, a Common Struggle, was originally presented at the World Social Forum in Tunis.
To date, more than 200 million hectares of land have been grabbed globally by private firms, governments, elites and speculators, often with the support of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the G8 and other institutions and consortiums. The minority’s appropriation of our Commons leads to concentration, forced evictions and the oppression of peoples.
Also see:
- John Pilger's 2012 documentary, Utopia, on the struggle of Australia's aboriginals, and his original investigation in 1985, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back.
- WhyPoverty.net's documentary, Land Rush, which focuses on the buying & leasing of African land in Mali by foreign governments (China & Saudi Arabia), and the farmers who fought back.
Yoda: Cuba Rising
08 Wild Cards, IO Deeds of Peace
Good, this is.
Obama administration approves Cuba ferry service licenses
Rick Robinson: Three human qualities technology can’t replace in the future economy
IO Impotency
Three human qualities technology can't replace in the future economy
EXTRACT
In this article I’ll go a little further to explore why human decision-making and understanding are based on more than intelligence; they are based on experience and values. I’ll also explore what would be required to ever get to the point at which computers could acquire a similar level of sophistication, and why I think it would be misguided to pursue that goal. In contrast I’ll suggest how we could look instead at human experience, values and judgement as the basis of a successful future economy for everyone.
Mini-Me: CIO as Chief Integration Officer
Advanced Cyber/IO
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CIO as chief integration officer
A public sector perspective
Technology is the glue that connects programs and people, and helps information flow in the public sector, making it an essential component of everyday public sector operations. That puts the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in a unique position to take on the important job of integrating decision-makers and stakeholders.
SchwartzReport: Chinese Immigrants Top Mexican Numbers
08 Immigration
When you picture immigrants to the U.S. do you picture Hispanics coming over the Rio Grande? Well if you are like Republican 1st District Texas Representative Louie Gohmert, you probably do. All those wiry Mexicans with “calves like cantalopes” seem to haunt his dreams. But, as with most things Rep. Gohmert is wrong, as this report describes. You may be surprised.
Anthony Judge: Marrying Strategic White Holes with Problematic Black Holes
Cultural Intelligence
Marrying Strategic White Holes with Problematic Black Holes
Questionable role of officiants in the engagement process and nuptial arrangements
Produced in celebration of the encounter of 28 April 2015 between Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of the United Nations) and Pope Francis (of the Catholic Church) to discuss climate change and Mediterranean migration.
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