The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: It’s probably a great honor to be slammed by the staff of The Daily Bell, but it would be even more constructive if they got in touch. Steele’s comments are inserted. SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Rings-Bell No, We Are Not Fans of ‘Open Source’ Public Solutions By Staff Report The Daily Bell – June …
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge 4.0 out of 5 stars Trying to Do the Wrong Thing Righter — It’s Not the State, Stupid!, June 2, 2014 I am reading Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better, a gift from a former naval officer who shares my outrage over the US Government …
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Bart Baesens 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Overview of Analytic Applications — Focused on Consumer, Contains Math, May 22, 2014 Bottom line up front: a superb book and a truly great overview that is easily understandable to me except for the fraction of the book that is math. Right away I like the structure …
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 …
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Tibco, Business Intelligence, and Open Source—Not Search I read “Consolidation Looms in Business Intelligence, as Tibco Buys Jaspersoft for $185M.” The write up is interesting, but not exactly congruent with my views. May I explain? The article points out: Enterprise software vendor TIBCO has acquired Jaspersoft, an open source business intelligence company, for approximately $185 …
G. William Domhoff 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars for Early Warning on 1%, Holistic Analytics, and Clear Attention to Weakness of the 99%, April 19, 2014 This book was central to my education in Political Science (more political than science, more passive aggressive than normative). In light of all that we know now, …
Jeremy Rifkin 3.0 out of 5 stars Never Mind the Total Cost Terminal Society, April 13, 2014 Books like this would make me crazy if I took them seriously. This is a fad book for shallow minds that have no clue about holistic analytics, true cost economics, or anything remotely resembling the humanities (which is …
