The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Bad Context: Why nobody, not even Apple, has done mobile right Your smartphone is dumb. Mine is too. I’ve got an iPhone in my pocket, and a Galaxy S III, and an HTC One, and they’re all stupid. The BlackBerry Z10 in my bag is a clot, and the Lumia 920 isn’t just thick in …
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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 …
MatchApp: Next Generation Disaster Response App? Disaster response apps have multiplied in recent years. I’ve been reviewing the most promising ones and have found that many cater to professional responders and organizations. While empowering paid professionals is a must, there has been little focus on empowering the real first responders, i.e., the disaster-affected communities themselves. To …
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Now owners of Android phones can connect to each other without an internet connection thanks to Serval Mesh app Serval Mesh, full mesh darknet, quietly released for Android “You set up your phone, I set up my phone, it connects them directly, so no infrastructure is needed. It can also relay calls, so if you …
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With the exception of the problematic reference Iron Dome missile defense system (notwithstanding all the hype, school is still out on its performance, IMO), the attached opinion piece is an excellent summary of the grand strategic ramifications of the recent dustup in Gaza. CS Why Israel Didn’t Win Adam Shatz, London Review of Books, Vol. …
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Wiser crowd, finally. Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality? Nathanial Rich New York Times, 28 November 2012 After more than 4,000 years — almost since the dawn of recorded time, when Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh that the secret to immortality lay in a coral found on the ocean floor — man finally discovered eternal …
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Under the Mask of the War on Drugs LARS SCHALL – Asia Times (Hong Kong) The corruption prohibition produces is so much more extensive than most people realize. An unholy alliance between governments and cartels and, like a cancer, is eating us alive from the inside. Here is a taste of reality that explains how …
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