The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The open software movement is a reaction to the corporate dominance over participation and exclusion.
Corporations today are deciding who is allowed to participate in building the future and who is not. The process of choosing who is included and who is excluded is far from a perfect. Once a choice is made, though it was made in one context, it remains in force for the duration of employment in whatever context may arise.
Phi Beta Iota: It's probably a great honor to be slammed by the staff of The Daily Bell, but it would be even more constructive if they got in touch. Steele's comments are inserted.
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No, We Are Not Fans of ‘Open Source' Public Solutions
By Staff Report
The Daily Bell – June 26, 2014
Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon: where do the big four go from here?
Jamie Carter
TechRadar, 22 June 2014
Search engines, social media and text messages are history. The major ‘walled gardens' of the the internet are developing fast, but all of the big four are betting on various visions of the future. Will the next big things be home automation, virtual reality social networking … or something else entirely?
27 maps that explain the crisis in Iraq
by on June 23, 2014
The current Iraq crisis began in early June, when the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which already controls parts of Syria, seized much of northern Iraq, including the major city of Mosul. The conflict has roots in Iraq's complicated history, its religious and ethnic divisions, and of course in the Iraq War that began with the 2003 US-led invasion. These 27 maps are a rough guide to today's crisis and the deeper forces behind it.
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I just downloaded the GREENHOUSE app for Chrome and it is great. Talk about easy access to highly illuminating data. Well done! I’d encourage everyone to take a look at the app. It is very light and couldn’t be easier to use. As the creator Nick Rubin says, – Some are Red. Some are Blue. All are GREEN. That’ couldn’t be more true.
This is what we mean when we say technology can beat the bureaucracy. Let that sunshine in.
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New Planetary Economy
A new, rational, self-regulating economic system is necessary to meet present and projected global realities. The current model creates artificial scarcity by strictly controlling the issue of currency, converting it into a tradable commodity itself. Money is further hoarded and manipulated in such a way as to create debt, inequity and poverty.
The silver lining to the current economic crisis is that people will be forced, perhaps for the first time, to examine their unconscious assumptions about this entrenched system and stretch their cognitive range to allow for a different approach.
Below the fold are the executive summary in full text, and a 22 page PDF with graphics.
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