The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media Freedom House 30 March 2009 As internet and mobile phone use explodes worldwide, governments are adopting new and multiple means for controlling these technologies that go far beyond technical filtering. Freedom on the Net provides a comprehensive look at these emerging tactics, raising …
“The National Conversation” Debuts The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has announced a new initiative launching April 8, 2011: The National Conversation at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The National Conversation will examine overarching themes of U.S. international and domestic policy, drawing on high-profile guests and experts from all sides of the political sphere to …
Here are the concise references focused on revolution. For corruption, collective intelligence, open space and other methods of non-violent consensus building and emergence, see the lists at the end of this post. Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today Search: four preconditions for revolution Search: revolution theory preconditions Here is the bottom line:
The discussion of corruption–and the urgency of reasserting integrity–permeates this website. Here are a general comment and a few links. General comment: Corruption consists of a lack of integrity, which in turn is not just about dishonesty, but about a failure to achieve transparency, truth, trust, and accurate feedback loops. The cost of corruption, calculated …
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James F. Molben 6 Stars Plus for SImplicity, Coherence, & Importance April 7, 2011 I tend to read in threes, and read this book together with Questions of Truth: Fifty-one Responses to Questions About God, Science, and Belief and The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion. The three books complement each other very nicely, …
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The below report in the Guardian makes three general points regarding the Tokyo Electric’s management operations at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor site: 1. Cost-cutting degraded safety procedures. 2. Collusion between industry and regulators. 3. Deferring decisions on how to permanently store nuclear waste. Thank god these problems do not occur in Amerika (sic). Chuck Spinney …
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Projects/attempts to get the public’s attention to homelessness using text messaging If you are in Denmark, you can follow the life of a homeless man called Allan via an SMS service. Guerilla Innovation reports. Other projects involving cell phones, aiming to raise awareness on the plight of the homeless: — Underheard in New York – …
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