Owl: More Evil from Google

More Evil from Google “Portland Tugboat has posted a photo of another Google mystery barge on their Facebook page. On October 27, CNET reported that a similar barge was docked in the San Francisco Bay. “Is it a floating Google data center? A floating Google Glass store? Or something else altogether?” asked Daniel Terdiman, writing …

Jean Lievens: Wikinomic Innovation Redux – World Upside Down

Hothouse innovation redux: The world “upside down” Recently The Economist released a feature report on how innovation in emerging markets may be eclipsing innovation in North America. The report, The world turned upside down (click “Buy PDF” for a complimentary copy courtesy of BASF) reinforces the fact that globalization and disruptive innovation is no longer …

Jean Lievens: How the 99% Are Using Lateral Power to Create a Global Revolution

How the 99% Are Using Lateral Power to Create a Global Revolution It’s happened before, in 1848 and in 1968. The youth of the world took to the streets to protest the injustices of autocratic political regimes and rapacious business interests and to demand the most basic human right to participate as equal citizens in …

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, and Stuff

AIU Ph.D Asks: Could Invasive Species Become the Next Biological Weapon? (Business Wire) Fuel Removal From Fukushima’s Reactor 4 Threatens ‘Apocalyptic’ Scenario (Common Dreams) Meet the Private Companies Helping Cops Spy on Protesters (Rolling Stone) North Africa’s Menace: AQIM’s Evolution (RAND) Pentagon Dollars Flowing Into Africa (Stars & Stripes) Syria 2018: Scenario Planning (IISS) The …

LtCol X: CSA Sends – Strategic Priorities for the Army – with Phi Beta Iota Comments

Please note Army Chief of Staff General Raymond T. Odierno‘s updated strategic priorities for the US Army, arranged in five (5) categories. PDF Slide Show: CSA Strategic Priorities vFinal 16Oct13 From those, here is an extract . EXTRACTS: [DOWNSIZED ARMY; EXPEDITIONARY] – Downsize, transition, and then sustain a smaller, but ready and capable Total Army …

Roberta Scarlett: The Open Information Revolution

The Open Information Revolution Roberta Scarlett Ethical Technology Posted: Oct 17, 2013 Information and knowledge have been both feared and sought in the past.  New information brings change, and change is often met with fear and resistance.  In the past books were burned by the church and new technology destroyed by Luddites.  The change that new information and knowledge brought was …