The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Permanent Record Podcast: http://www.si.edu/consortia/limitstogrowth2012 JORGEN RANDERS: Decision delays killing us. Have all the technology we need to address all these problems. Economists killing us by not factoring in true costs over time. Mention Norwegian citizen council, decision to use roughly 1% of Norwegian GNP to solve all these problems, citizens agree. Citing Jeff Immelt, CEO …
Complexity and Reflexivity Papers presented at the Washington Academy of Sciences Washington, DC, March 31-April 1, 2012 UPDATED 24 Feb to post all links Conceptions of Complexity and Implications for Economics Stuart Umpleby, The George Washington University, Washington, DC Experiments in Reflexive Inquiry Kent Myers, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton Conceptual Difficulties and Pragmatic Responses to …
Dear friends, Rebecca Solnit has written a great article on Occupy, relationships, differences, violence, and a lot more. A potent, passionate framing for our times, worth a full, reflective read. Note that the original is full of juicy links. Coheartedly, Tom ======== Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence: Occupy Heads into the Spring by Rebecca …
The Consequences Of War On The US Economy Joshua Brown, The Reformed Broker Business Insider,23 February 2012 Psst…wanna learn something today? The Institute for Economics and Peace is out with a monumental piece of research on how wars affect the US economy… Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, figure one shows the composition …
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The Evolving Craft of Intelligence [Version 3.1] Robert David Steele There is little desire in the developed intelligence nations to see the craft of intelligence evolve in line with the revolutions in information technology and globalization. Indeed, it can safely be said that most leaders with access to intelligence services do not value them—they are …
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By now, most readers have probably heard of the critical report issued on Afghanistan by a serving Army Lt Colonel. For those readers who have not seen it, this email forwards it without commentary. In the attached 84 page report (pdf), Lt Colonel Daniel Davis (US Army) opens with the following charge: “Senior ranking US …
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Gulag Wealth Fund In a recent and very interesting interview with author Cory Doctorow, he mentions Max Keiser’s “Gulag Wealth Fund”. Doctorow says: “And there’s this symbiotic relationship between criminalization or prohibition, and the people who benefit from enforcement, right? There’s a rogue economist named Max Keiser who has a notional fund, just a fund …
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