Berto Jongman: DARPA Wants a Searchable Databasie of All Voice Conversations

DARPA Wants a Searchable Database of All Your Conversations The ultimate privacy killer Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com March 4, 2013 DARPA is working on an embryonic project that would store your every verbal conversation on an Internet server, creating a searchable chat database that would represent the ultimate privacy killer. Having failed to establish its …

John Steiner: Department of State Betrays Public Trust, Lies on Keystone — Bill McKibben Organizing National Confrontation

From: “Bill McKibben Reply-To: <organizers@350.org> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 Subject: Breaking news on Keystone XL Friends, Yesterday Time Magazine declared that Keystone had become the Stonewall and the Selma of the climate movement — and today we got a reminder of just how tough those fights were, and how tough this one will be. …

Open Power: Democracy Lost & Found Essay, Book Review Blurbs and Links [Updated 3 MAR 2015]

NEW: Kindle Book Open Power ($2.99) OLD: Core Documents for Both Initiatives (Free) OLD: the foundation book The Open Source Everything Manifesto ROBERT STEELE: There are two schools of thought on effecting political (and hence economic and social) reform. One school is the school of love — this school emphasizes trust building and doing no …

Berto Jongman: Emerging Scientific Field & Child Geniuses

11 Emerging Scientific Fields That Everyone Should Know About There was a time when science could be broken down into neat-and-tidy disciplines — straightforward things like biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy. But as science advances, these fields are becoming increasingly specialized and interdisciplinary, leading to entirely new avenues of inquiry. Here are 11 emerging scientific …

Patrick Meier: MatchApp: Next Generation Disaster Response App?

MatchApp: Next Generation Disaster Response App? Disaster response apps have multiplied in recent years. I’ve been  reviewing the most promising ones and have found that many cater to  professional responders and organizations. While empowering paid professionals is a must, there has been little focus on empowering the real first responders, i.e., the disaster-affected communities themselves. To …