The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Singularity of Fools A special report from the utopian future. David Rieff Foreign Policy, May/June 2013 EXTRACT Even comparative moderates in the futurological sweepstakes tend to swoon when the subject is the pace of technology-led change. Ethan Zuckerman, director of MIT’s Center for Civic Media, argues in his new book, Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in …
On multiple fronts, a national movement seems to be emergent. Click on each link to see their story board. American Anti-Corruption Act Independent View – The American Anti-Corruption Act Money Wins Elections — Free Congress! US — Represent US
Secrecy and National Security Whistleblowing Daniel Ellsberg on January 8, 2013 [Originally published in Social Research] I) Reflections on Secret-keeping and Identity In the “national security” area of the government–the White House, the departments of state and defense, the armed services and the “intelligence community,” along with their contractors–there is less whistleblowing than in other …
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Doug Rushkoff 5.0 out of 5 stars Rich Manifesto for Humanity — Hit Pause, Do NOT Let IT Fry Your Brain, March 21, 2013 In some ways this book picks up from Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television and Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway but it has its own structure …
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How We’re Applying the Sharing Economy to Education By Andrew Grauer A sustainable economy requires that both the supply and demand sides benefit from a transaction. In education, we see so many inefficiencies between those supplying the knowledge and those consuming it. Teachers feel like they’re being underpaid and students feel like they are overpaying …
What Democracy Lost in 2012 No matter the outcome, big money and voter suppression crippled the election. This is no way to run the world’s oldest democracy. Bob Moser American Prospert, January 28, 2013 Last November 7, a syndicated cartoon made the rounds in progressive circles. Drawn by Signe Wilkinson, it showed a battered, bruised, …
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An excellently argued appeal to sanity. Time to Face the Truth About Iran by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett Agence Global, 07 Feb 2013 Fifty years ago, during the Cuban missile crisis, the United States faced what is frequently described as the defining challenge of the Cold War. Today, some argue that America is …
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