The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Toward an Open Co-Operativism Pat Conaty and David Bollier, Commons Transition “The power of open source principles, now proven beyond a doubt, is rapidly proliferating into many other areas of culture, production and social life. The prospect of more participatory, socially convivial forms of production – accountable to communities and mindful of the larger common …
Want an Honest Government Of, By, and For We the 99%? Here’s How. I cannot stress this enough: whatever your issue, however righteous and important it might be, it will never get a fair hearing as things now stand. The ONLY way any issue might receive a fair hearing is if we FIRST achieve Electoral …
We Lack Intelligence with Integrity Mr. President: Please Fire Clapper, Vickers, & Brennan Mr. President, I hold Jim Clapper, today the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and previously the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI) accountable for failing to serve the public interest all these years. I believe you should fire him, Mike Vickers the …
Radical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism Political adviser and author Jeremy Rifkin believes that the creation of a super internet heralds new economic system that could solve society’s sustainability challenges EXTRACT What about the concern that the end of capitalism would lead to chaos? Rifkin believes the gap left by the …
Amazon and Oracle: The Love Affair Ends I recall turning in a report about Amazon’s use of Oracle as its core database. The client, a bank type operation, was delighted that zippy Amazon had the common sense to use a name brand database. For the bank types, recognizable names used to be indicators of wise …
From concrete to telepathy: how to build future cities as if people mattered EXTRACT There are many issues of policy, culture, design and technology that we need to get right for this to happen, but the main objectives are clear: The data from city services should be made available as Open Data and through published “Application Programming …
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Why Copenhagen Can Become Europe’s Crowd Capital The city of Copenhagen is making a public call to citizens, companies and government to make the transition to the new, connected and inclusive economy. With many great cities in the running, it is no mean feat that Copenhagen nabbed the top spot, for two years in a …
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