Event: 20 Oct, NYC, Angel Orensanz Center, CONTACT

03 Economy, 11 Society, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Corporations, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, History, Open Government, Technologies

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Conceived and facilitated by Douglas Rushkoff, Contact seeks to explore and realize the greater promise of social media to promote new forms of culture, commerce, collective action, and creativity.

Bringing together technologists, artists, activists, businesspeople, funders, and other stakeholders in the networked future, this summit will hatch new ideas, connect collaborators, and forge an ongoing community for innovating social media and beyond. See the new event forums.

Phi Beta Iota: Whether or not Facebook and GroupOn are paying attention, this event has the potential to turn into the seed crystal for a self-organizing World Brain and Global Game.

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NIGHTWATCH on Egypt…and Libya

08 Wild Cards, Advanced Cyber/IO, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence

Egypt: Protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, are asking citizens to take part in demonstrations on 11 February, for the “Day of Confrontation,” Al Arabiya reported. One news service reported tens of millions of text messages about the event. According to a report in the Indian Express, “organizers” want a “big push” on Friday that could include storming parliament and the state television station in Cairo.

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Search (2): osint clarity; osint + clarity

Searches

Two different things.  This entire website is about OSINT and its follow-on, M4IS2.

On OSINT as a first stop:  OSINT Starting Point

See Also:  Original BASIC Table and  Original COMMUNITIES Table

Both of the latter have been superceded by this web site, which is the new portal for OSINT and M4IS2.

On Clarity as a concept: there is no specific posting on this.  It is one of the “core values” for intelligence on earth, along with diversity, integrity, and sustainability–the first three are practices, the last is the desired outcome.  Clarity can be considered the opposite of secrecy–indeed, the three core values can be considered the anti-thesis of secrecy, because secrecy is inherent obscure, unilateral or exclusive, and lacking in integrity at multiple levels (fraudulent collection, poor processing, non-existent analytics, and grave misrepresentation including outright lies to the President or other key clients).  Clarity of means (revenue), ways (force structure), and ends (strategy and policy) is fundamental.  Clarity without diversity or integrity is a lie.

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Event: 25-27 Feb, Duke Univ in Durham NC, Ashoka U

Academia, Commerce

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The Ashoka U Exchange is a working meeting between social entrepreneurship educators, students, practitioners, employers, and investors who are actively engaged in building the field of social entrepreneurship education. Together, we will ask: How can colleges and universities drive positive global change?

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