Review: The Age of Fracture
Daniel T. Rodgers 4.0 out of 5 stars An entire book without the words “corruption” or “paradigm failure”,August 19, 2012 I bought this book expecting it to be a six star special, and then was tempted to drop it to three stars for completely missing the point. I’ve settled on four. It is a brilliant …
Review: Why Nations Fail – The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Deron Acermoglu and James Robinson 5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful to Most, Can Be Summed Up as Integrity & Clear Feedback Loops,August 17, 2012 There is no question but that this book is a major contribution to the current dialog, such as it is. As someone who reads a great deal, I have finally …
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Robert Steele: Audio of SPY IMPROV at Hackers on Planet Earth
Several HOPES ago, Robert Steele started doing separate Q&A sessions using his knowledge as a former spy, pioneer of open source intelligence, advocate of multinational sense-making, and #1 Amazon reviewer for nonfiction. At The Next HOPE (2010), with help from those who stayed with him, he set what may be the world record for Q&A, …
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NO LABELS Tries Again — Still Corrupt, Still Clueless
Phi Beta Iota: they have been scorned out of existing twice now, but evidently Mike Bloomberg and his friends have not given up kludging together three failures to try to make lemonade, all three corrupt to the bone: Independent Voters / Jackie Salit, well-funded stalking horse for Bloomberg, does not play well with others and …
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Review: Homeland Earth
Edgar Morin and Anne Brigitte Kern 5.0 out of 5 stars Six Star Keeper – Joins Durant, Fuller, Ackoff,July 1, 2012 This is a PHENOMENAL book, a joint effort by Edgar Moron, whose life’s work includes Method: Towards a Study of Humankind, Vol. 1: The Nature of Nature (American University Studies Series, No. 5, Philosophy, …
Robert Steele: Beyond the Internet of Things Lies the Internet of Open Costs and Open Source Everything — the Panarchic Internet
I’ve known Dr. Vint Cerf since 1992, and it is with enormous regard for him personally — and the culture of sharing and shared decision-making that he and other Internet pioneers fostered — that I take note of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) and the fact that it now makes possible the Internet of Things. …
