The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Wasting the digital dividend The internet means that many time-consuming forms of white-collar drudgery have disappeared, or at least been offloaded to cheaper people who aren’t you, permitting you to spend more time on things that are actually productive and highly leveraged. No more standing in line at the copier, trudging to the Fedex box, …
ALERT: Prices go up 30% after April 15th. .. The 8th Annual Games for Change Festival Our preparations for the June 20-22 event are in full swing. This year’s festival will be offering 40+ hours of content over three days as well as social events, massive play sessions, a “Game Arcade” and an Award Ceremony …
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88+ Projects & Standards for Data Ownership, Identity, & A Federated Social Web emergent by design, April 11, 2011 by Venessa Miemis As we become more comfortable with sharing ourselves on the ‘social web,’ we’re revealing a lot of valuable information about our interests, preferences and social connections, and it’s strewn across the web in many …
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Here are the concise references focused on revolution. For corruption, collective intelligence, open space and other methods of non-violent consensus building and emergence, see the lists at the end of this post. Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today Search: four preconditions for revolution Search: revolution theory preconditions Here is the bottom line:
New Institutions as the Bulwark Against the Corporate-Political State from Kevin Rollins on Vimeo. Michael Ostrolenk and Kevin Rollins discuss the role of new media, both social media like facebook and twitter, as well as niche magazines. Ostrolenk says that such forums help new ideas because they “remove barriers to entry and support [new idea] …
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Hexidecimally Lingual: Websites Must Speak 16 Languages to Go Global New data from research firm Common Sense Advisory suggests that if your brand is to achieve truly global reach in our online world, your website must “speak” more than 16 languages. Common Sense Advisory publishes reports that are designed to help its clients reach a …
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Weep. Chambliss puts Agriculture Committee staffer in top intelligence role By Josh Rogin Friday, April 1, 2011 – Foreign Policy Upon taking over as the ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) brought on a new staff director with no direct experience working on intelligence matters. Martha Scott Poindexter has …
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