Stephen E. Arnold: “Good Enough” Tech Exploded the Iowa Count, Will Explode the American Economy

Acronym Shadow: Good Enough Presages the Future of US Technical Capabilities DarkCyber believes that the misstep, if that’s what it was, was a reminder that technical expertise and excellence are not as easy as writing a proposal, pulling some influence strings, or assuming that code actually works in the real world. Nope, the good enough …

NATO Innovation Hub: Survey and Online Conference – Future Operational Environment

Survey U.S. Army’s Mad Scientist Initiative is conducting an online survey querying your thoughts about the Operational Environment. This survey will also feed NATO’s upcoming Operations 2040 Project. It takes only 5 minutes to complete the short survey here. Interim findings will be discussed during the 29 Jan online conference. 29 Jan Online Conference Together …

Robert Steele @ Amazon: REINVENTING ENGINEERING: The Ultimate Hack — Creating a Prosperous World at Peace with Open Source Everything

Amazon Print Page Steele, Robert, REINVENTING ENGINEERING: The Ultimate Hack — Creating a Prosperous World at Peace with Open Source Everything (Amazon CreateSpace, Earth Intelligence Network, 2020). Holistic analytics, true cost economics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) are the non-negotiable enablers of the post-Western economy, probably led by the Chinese since the Americans have …

Pepe Escobar: Russia Won, US Lost, Deal With It

You Say You Want a (Russian) Revolution? His key takeway: “There is no parity between Russia and the United States in such fields as air-defense, hypersonic weapons and, in general, missile development, to name just a few fields – the United States lags behind in these fields, not just in years but in generations [italics mine].”