Continue reading “Stephen E. Arnold: YouTube (8:23) CyberOSINT Keynote Summary”
Berto Jongman: CIA Contractor – We Fabricated ISIS
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Peace Intelligence
CIA Contractor: We Fabricated ISIS
Former CIA contractor Steven Kelley has said on record that ISIS/ISIL are a fabricated terrorist group made and funded by the CIA in the United States.
Contractor Voice: 2 Minute Audio at YouTube
Continue reading “Berto Jongman: CIA Contractor – We Fabricated ISIS”
Rick Robinson: 6 Inconvenient Truths About Smart Cities
Advanced Cyber/IO
6 inconvenient truths about Smart Cities
I’ll explore six “inconvenient truths” in this article to describe why I think that’s the case; and what we can do about it:
- The “Smart City” isn’t a technology concept; it’s the political challenge of adapting one of the most powerful economic and social forces of our time to the needs of the places where most of us live and work.
- Cities won’t get smart if their leaders aren’t involved.
- We can’t leave Smart Cities to the market, we need the courage to shape the market.
- Smart cities aren’t top down or bottom up. They’re both.
- We need to tell honest stories.
- No-one will do this for us – we have to act for ourselves.
Worth a Look: Convergence – Center for Policy Resolution
Worth A Look
Convergence was founded in 2009 to offer an alternative solution for addressing urgent social and policy issues that were bogged down in disagreement and discord. Drawing from decades of experience solving difficult policy issues, Convergence was formed to use dialogue and collaboration to generate breakthrough solutions to important yet intractable problems. And it is working. Convergence is now at a turning point. With our proven process generating workable solutions to four challenging issues, we want to do more. By 2020, our plan calls for:
- 10 projects of national consequence completed or under way
- Implementation of key action programs identified by our project teams
- R&D into new areas of focus
- Development of a turnkey toolkit for organizations looking to adopt a culture of collaborative problem solving.
Michael Maxsenti: Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter
Cultural Intelligence
An important interview by Bill Moyers.
Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter
One of Ganz’s themes is the crucial role narrative plays in social movements. “I think it’s particularly important because doing the kind of work that movements do requires risk-taking, uncertainty, going up against the odds. And that takes a lot of hope,” Ganz tells Bill. “And so where do you go for hopefulness? Where do you go for courage? You go to those moral resources that are found within narratives and within identity work and within traditions.”
Continue reading “Michael Maxsenti: Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter”
John Podesta: My 2014 Regret from the White House – Not Telling Public About UFOs
Extraterrestial Intelligence
Senior Obama Adviser: I Regret Not Telling Public About UFOs
He said in a tweet, “Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the #disclosure of the UFO files. #thetruthisstilloutthere cc: @NYTimesDowd”. Read full article.
See Also:
George Por: Integral Mindfulness, Wisdom Society, and Collective Sentience
Civil Society, Ethics, IO Deeds of Peace, IO Sense-Making
Abstracts of my paper for the Mindfulness & Compassion conference in San Francisco, 3-7 June
This contribution to the “Mindfulness & Compassion” conference is focused on where the moral compass of integral mindfulness points. Being integrally mindful is about taking mindfulness off the meditation cushion and infusing all dimensions of our life with it; not only the life of you and me, but also of collective entities, such as organizations, networks, nations.
Continue reading “George Por: Integral Mindfulness, Wisdom Society, and Collective Sentience”
