Top 10 Data Research Tools for Investigative Journalists
The Intercept, shared their Top 100 Data Research Tools. Overwhelmed with information; we asked Williams and Price to refine their tools and research strategies down to a Top 10. Read more.
Stephen Arnold: Technology Disruption Easily Anticipated — Plan for Massive Unemployment!
03 Economy, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commercial Intelligence, Government
Expect Disruption from Future Technology
A dystopian future where technology has made humanity obsolete is a theme older than the Industrial Revolution. History has proven that while some jobs are phased out thanks to technology more jobs are created by it, after all someone needs to monitor and make the machines. As technology grows and makes computing systems capable of reason, startups are making temporary gigs permanent jobs, and 3D printing makes it possible to make any object, the obsolete humanity idea does not seem so far-fetched. Kurzweilai shares a possible future with “The SAP Future Series: Digital Technology’s Exponential Growth Curve Foretells Avalanche Of Business Disruption.”
Michel Bauwens: P2P Economics @ Futurism
Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence
Interview: Michel Bauwens on Peer-To-Peer Economics and Its Role in Reshaping Our World
EXTRACT
MB: There are, I believe, four types of commons to distinguish in this context. The first type is the immaterial commons we inherit, such as language and culture. The second type is the immaterial commons we create. This is where the hugely important knowledge and digital commons come in (since it this digital commons that is currently exploding). The third type is the material commons we inherit, the oceans, the atmosphere, the forests, etc.; and the fourth type is the as yet underappreciated potential for the created material commons, i.e. productively manufactured resources.
Sepp Hasslberger: Web Mesh via Solar Plus LED Light Links (Li-Fi)
Advanced Cyber/IO
I see a whole new local networking technology developing here. Solar cells are available just about everywhere and so are strong led flashlights that can bridge the distance between the users of a local network and the internet feed…
New Technology Uses Solar Cells As Power Source & Li-Fi Data Node
The new solar ‘Li-Fi‘ solution, which was developed by a research team led by Professor Harald Haas at the University of Edinburgh’s Li-Fi R&D Centre, was introduced at a recent TED Global 2015 event, where Haas “demonstrated how Li-Fi can be used with solar cells to receive data.”
Owl: Who Is Behind Hoards Invading Europe? Weapons of Mass Migration — George Soros Shorting Europe and Betting on Collapse?
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Immigration
It's complicated — but we do not seem to be probing deeply enough into root patterns. Analyst Al Martin says Soros' is shorting all of his investments in Europe, so he wants to become richer by helping bring about financial collapse in urging more refugees into Europe.
Remaking a Country by Destabilising a Country
This brief quote, from a well-known prepper's blog, gives a very different insight from any other I have seen into why Germany is allowing over a million refugees to enter the country from Syria. The German government's receptivity to receiving such a vast number of refugees may be planned for the US vis-a-vis refugees from South America for identical reasons:
Berto Jongman: 60 Minutes Cycling Powers Home for 24 Hours
05 Energy60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours!
Would you exercise for an hour every day if the workout powered your home for twenty-four hours?
People often complain about the high costs of energy and the fact that they “never have time to workout.” This invention certainly solves both conundrums. And, most importantly, this free power invention has the potential to lift the 1.3 billion people who presently live without electricity out of poverty. As Manoj Bhargava, the founder of the Free Electric hybrid bike, shares in the video, it is possible to generate electricity at home while simply doing a daily workout routine.
Worth a Look: Power Wars – Inside Obama’s Post 9/11 Presidency
Worth A Look
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state
Barack Obama campaigned on a promise of change from George W. Bush's “global war on terror.” Yet from indefinite detention and drone strikes to surveillance and military tribunals, Obama ended up continuing-and in some cases expanding-many policies he inherited. What happened?
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