Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

Al Qaeda Struggles with Training, Diminishing World Influence, says TRAC Black-Scholes: The maths formula linked to the financial crash Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation Has the internet run out of ideas already? Internet censorship listed: how does each country compare? Internet Hall of Fame (Pioneers, Innovators, …

Review: Need, Speed and Greed – How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran 5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond 5 Stars, Quick & Dirty Bright Light of Convergence,March 20, 2012 This book was brought to my attention by Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation and chief editor of its wiki. I follow him through Scoop.it and act instantly on his suggestions. The ideas in …

Michel Bauwens: The New Rules of Innovation – Bottom-Up Solutions to Top-Down Problems

The New Rules Of Innovation: Bottom-Up Solutions To Top-Down Problems In his new book, Vijay Vaitheeswaran argues that we’re thinking about worldchanging innovation all wrong: It’s not going to come from where we expect it. Arnie Cooper www.fastcoexist.com, 19 March 2012 The world is currently standing “on the cusp of a post-industrial revolution.” So writes …

Berto Jongman: Ray Kurzweil on Man-Machine Future

Inside the Kurzweil SXSW Keynote: On Infinite Mind Power, Robotic Overlords and Immortality He is one of the world’s most renowned futurists, and onstage at South By Southwest, Ray Kurzweil stirred debate with a speech that outlined the incredible role artificial intelligence will play in the future, as it reshapes humanity South By Southwest Interactive …

Various Contributors: Continuing Insanity – Potpourri

The Enigma of Israel (CounterPunch) Fukushima Roulette (CounterPunch) Will Corporations Prevent the Singularity? (IEET) The Death of Investigative Journalism (CounterPunch) Corps, Army to restart ‘forcible entry’ drills (Army Times) The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (WIRED) Guantanamo Prison’s True Secret: Jason Leopold in Conversation With Andy Worthington (OpEd News) US and Iranian …

Paul Fernhout: Open Letter to the Intelligence Advanced Programs Research Agency (IARPA)

EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …