Stephen E. Arnold: Salon Says Google Makes Us Stupid… PBI: We Think We Make Google Stupid!

Overreliance on Search Engines? The Salon.com article titled Google Makes Us All Dumber: The Neuroscience of Search Engines probes the ever-increasing reliance on search engines and finds that the way we use them is problematic. This is due to the way our brains respond to this simplified question and answer process. The article stipulates that …

SchwartzReport: US Telecomms Strike Three — Lazy, Ignorant, Irrelevant

We are in our own way a developing world. Here you see the naked greed of aging infrastructure corporations attempting to block new technology owned by the public. US Telecoms Giants Call on FCC to Block Cities’ Expansion of High-Speed Internet DOMINIC RUSHE – Reader Supported News The US telecoms industry called on the Federal …

2014 INTERVIEW: Thoughts on Open Source Intelligence

Out of Band: Robert David Steele on OSINT Hal Berghel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas sent questions, here are my answers. Hal Burghel: Tell us about open source generally and open source intelligence specifically. Robert David Steele: It’s vital to remember that the whole point of connectivity is to move and make sense of content, …

Review: Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

Elinor Ostrom 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Collective Common Sense Relevant to CYBER-Commons Not Just Earth Commons, May 27, 2014 I read this book shortly after I had read Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance (Spectre) and my first impression is that the book should be re-issued in 2015, a quarter-century after …

Robert Steele at LIBTECHNYC: The Open Source Everything Manifesto

YouTube (49:07) Robert David Steele – The Open Source Everything Manifestor @ LIBTECH NYC 21 May 2014 LIBTECH Conference Home Page Time: 8-9 pm Title of Presentation: The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, & Trust Presenter: Robert David Steele Short Description: The Open Source Everything Manifesto is presented in the context of key negative …

Berto Jongman: Net Neutrality — Guide to and History of a Contested Idea

Net Neutrality: A Guide to (and History of) a Contested Idea If net neutrality is so important, why is it so controversial? It’s complicated. Alexis C. Madrigal and Adrienne LaFrance Apr 25 2014 EXTRACT But this debate isn’t just about the specific wording of the possible FCC rules (though those are important). People have been talking …