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 …

Penguin: Google’s Public Destruction Heralded by Those Ignorant of Google-zilla

Google’s Destruction Is Already Under Way Nicholas Carlson Business Insider, Apr. 27, 2012 The Federal Trade Commission has hired the prosecutor who got Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh the death penalty to lead its investigation into potential anti-trust violations by Google, report David Streitfeld and Edward Wyatt of the New York Times. Her name is Beth Wilkinson. Experts …

Howard Rheingold: Understanding Search Algorithms

Digital Literacy: Search Algorithms are Mechanical Turks John Jones DMLcentral, December 8, 2011 One of the most pervasive features of computing culture are algorithms, the sets of processes or instructions contained in computer code that determine how a particular task will be completed. While algorithms power everything from your automatic coffee maker to your smart …

Reference (2010): Human Intelligence (HUMINT) – All Humans, All Minds, All the Time [PDF & Full Text Online]

Human Intelligence (HUMINT): All Humans, All Minds, All the Time (US Army Strategic Studies Institute, June 2010) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-HUMINT Below the line: full text for automated translation.  The Amazon version is published by someone else abusing my original copyright granted only to SSI. Click on cover for free PDF download, or read full text …

Koko: American Patriot Del Spurlock Speaks to the NAACP in Oberlin, Ohio

Koko Signs:  A small sign of life within the comatose US democracy. OBERLIN 2011 A Speech Given to the NAACP at the Oberlin Inn September 24, 2011 by Delbert L. Spurlock, Jr. Mr. Spurlock was introduced by Robert K. Jones (B.J.), Chief of Police, Retired Oberlin Police Department. EXTRACT: We live in a country that …