John Robb: China’s Growing Spy Threat + China RECAP

China’s Growing Spy Threat Alex Newman The Diplomat, 19 September 2011 The Chinese government’s ‘vacuum cleaner’ approach to espionage is worrying foreign governments, companies and overseas dissidents. They’re right to be concerned. Read 5 screen article. Phi Beta Iota:  China graduates more honors students from high school than the USA graduates from high school across …

John Robb: Visualizing the Arab Spring Information Flows – Revolutions Were Tweeted

The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions The shift from an era of broadcast mass media to that of networked digital media has altered both information flows and the nature of news work. Mainstream media (MSM) outlets have adopted Twitter as a means of engaging with and enlarging audiences, …

John Robb: ROI for 9/11 Attacks 10 Million to One….

September 11: Counting the Costs to America Al Jazeera, 1 September 2011 $5 trillion, and counting Osama bin Laden spoke often of a strategy of “economic warfare” against the United States, a low-level war aimed at bankrupting the world’s economic superpower.  A decade after the 9/11 attacks, it’s hard to argue that bin Laden’s strategy …

John Robb: Hollow States & Crisis of Capitalism

Tuesday, 06 September 2011 HOLLOW STATES and a CRISIS OF CAPITALISM Had fun with this post.  Working on getting the thinking on this right.  Tough to do. ________________________ Hollow, bankrupt states and crisis of capitalism is not a “dystopian future” if it is actually happening now. With almost hourly updates. I coined the term, “hollow …