Google’s Cold Betrayal of the Internet Harry J. Bentham IEET, 10 October 2014 Google Inc.’s 2013 book The New Digital Age, authored by Google chairman Eric Schmidt and Google Ideas director Jared Cohen, was showered with praise by many, but attacked in a review by Julian Assange for the New York Times, where it is …
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Google and Its Possible Really, Really Big Ambitions I read “Looking Past the Search Results: Google 2.0 Will Build Airports and Cities Says Report.” The “report” appears to be the work of an outfit doing business as “The Information.” The founder of The Information is Jessica E. Lessin. She was a Wall Street Journal reporter. …
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Astonished, we are. Lessons outlined in below video: 01 Don’t always take the bait. 02 Don’t overestimate the enemy 03 Remember politics (over there). Phi Beta Iota: It is worth noting that none of the regional countries including Jordan is ready to provide ground troops. They are all — without exception — sucking the USA …
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The Indispensable Librarian [57 Slides] Mary Ellen Bates Sep 11, 2014 What’s the value of priceless? Special libraries return $5.43 for every $1 invested. See Also: Mary Ellen Bates @ Phi Beta Iota Cliff Notes Below the Fold
Americans Now Fear ISIS Sleeper Cells Are Living in the U.S., Overwhelmingly Support Military Action Glenn Greenwald The Intercept, 8 September 2014 EXTRACTS What kind of country goes around bombing people with no strategic purpose and with little motive other than to “flex muscles” and “show toughness”? This answer also seems clear: one that is …
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Atheists have It Wrong on Religious Causes of Terrorism and Suicide Bombing This article dispels all illusions based on the belief that terrorism done by Muslim extremists is to be blamed on their religion, a view much favored by well-known atheist critics of religion such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. One of the implied …
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