The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
JOURNAL: The Education Bubble Peter Thiel (Paypal and other ventures) has been making some waves for his position that higher education in the US is the next bubble. In short, he’s right. Given what we now have available in terms of tools, it should be possible to get an Ivy league education for $20 a …
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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:
How to Get a Real Education Forget art history and calculus. Most students need to learn how to run a business, says Scott Adams (Creator of Dilbert) Wall Street Journal, 9 April 2011 I understand why the top students in America study physics, chemistry, calculus and classic literature. The kids in this brainy group are …
Subject: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga By Joe Bageant Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can …
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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Israel (rogue spoiler), Libya, Cote d’Ivoire (the tsumani spreads). Phi Beta Iota: “Secular youth” is the opposite of Islamic fundamentalist. Similarly, academics, professionals, and small business managers as well as labor generally our “secular” instead of fundamentalist. The West appears to be having difficulty with this obvious foundation point, …
Alternative models for grass roots economic development such as micro-financing are now being widely adopted in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and elsewhere. New views on measuring development such as GDH (gross domestic happiness) have been adopted by Bhutan rather than GDP, and China’s own hybrid approach combining market and planned policy to achieve economic transformation offer …
