The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 4 Philosophical Concepts Extract III

The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 4 Philosophical Concepts Extract III Education The core value of universal education must inform the most intrinsic function and principle of a democratic society, in order that self-directed reason is inculcated into the populace. . . . . . . . . . To this end, Durant [in Philosophy …

Review: The Open Source Everything Manifesto – Transparency, Truth & Trust

Robert David Steele 5.0 out of 5 stars End Result of Quarter Century Walk-About,June 5, 2012 Updated 27 June: Why on earth is this book in top 100 for Espionage? I can only speculate that because I am a former spy, trained over 7,500 intelligence professionals, and have been an arch critic of secret intelligence …

DefDog: Nurturing Innovation in Spite of Really Rotten Rote Education + RECAP

For years I have done similar approaches when teaching….and have been told to stop because “it is not the way it is done!”  My classes were consistently better equipped to deal with the problems they faced as intelligence officers than the school house folks……they weren’t afraid of an intelligence failure of the information kind, only …

Chuck Spinney: Cancer of Careerism – Final Word on Colin Powell’s Moral Suicide

There is not much new here, other than Curveball’s public admission, but note Colonel Wilkerson’s comment below.  One the one hand, Wilkerson admits he was a party to the “sexed up” intelligence; on the other, he wants us to believe Powell (and by extension himself) was being used.  Given that “Curveball” was suspected of being …