The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Why Big Data is now such a big deal Computers are spewing forth data at astronomical rates about everything from astrophysics to internet shopping. And it could be hugely valuable John Naughton The Observer, 17 March 2012 One of the most famous quotes in the history of the computing industry is the assertion that “640KB …
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Crisis Mapping Climate Change, Conflict and Aid in Africa I recently gave a guest lecture at the University of Texas, Austin, and finally had the opportunity to catch up with my colleague Josh Busby who has been working on a promising crisis mapping project as part of the university’s Climate Change and African Political Stability Program (CCAPS). Josh and …
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Greg Treverton was a brilliant conceptualizer of the competing influences on policymakers, and also a major voice in the original discussion of tribes in relation to intelligence focused on the intelligence production tribe and the political consumer tribe. Graphic: Competing Influences on the Policymaker (Treverton) This was a contributing foundation for Robert Steele’s conceptualization–with Alvin …
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Did Obama Take Netanyahu’s Cape? The threat of an imminent attack on Iran by Israel or the US seems to be receding, perhaps because Obama stepped back and let the warmongers overplay their hand. No doubt, the White House narrative will trumpet its success in avoiding another war if the reduction in war hysteria continues. …
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Grand strategy (described here) can be generalized as a game of interaction and isolation. Viewed from this perspective, Israel’s grand strategy has been to maintain or increase its freedom of action in implementing the expansive Zionist apartheid/colonialist agenda, to include gaining control of the region’s scarce water resources (see here), by — (a) preying on the collective …
The Three Things You Need to Know About Big Data, Right Now Patrick Tucker World Future Society March 11, 2012 Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies Okay. You got me. I can’t really tell you everything you need to know about big data. The one thing I discovered last week – as I joined more …
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Digital Education Antonio M. Battro and Percival J. Denham Digital Education is clearly a labor of love. At the same time it is a thoughtful and sophisticated discussion of the shape of education in the future. Howard Gardner The purpose of this book is to provide a panorama of the application of new digital technologies …
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