The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Only Leverage We Have Is Extreme Frugality Charles Hugh Smith Debt is serfdom, capital in all its forms is freedom. The only leverage available to all is extreme frugality in service of accumulating productive capital. There are only three ways to better oneself financially: marry someone with money, inherit money or accumulate capital/savings and …
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Evgeny Morozov 5.0 out of 5 stars Intellectual Recycling and Internet-Centrism, a tale of Cyber-Utopia Gone Really Wrong, November 30, 2012 Abhinav Agarwal (Bangalore, India) Dunks a much needed, well-reasoned, and well-researched bucket of cold-water over “Internet-centrists” and “cyber-utopians” (cyber-utopianism is a “naïve belief in the emancipatory nature of online communication”), and assembles together an …
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Set Up Your Own Mini-Internet for Free with Pirate Box The PirateBox is software that can be used to turn your WiFi enabled computer into a local router. It can also be used to make actual “PirateBoxes,” which are stand-alone devices that likewise create a local network. The advantage of a local network, not connected …
SmallWarsJournal.com, February 17, 2012 This Week at War: The Toughest Op By Robert Haddick In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss whether Admiral William McRaven’s request for greater operational freedom for Special Operations Command will extend to an unconventional warfare campaign in Syria. This week, the New York Times reported on a draft proposal circulating …
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Occupy Wall Street protesters driven by varying goals Almost two weeks into an anti-greed sit-in, the ‘leaderless resistance movement’ is at a crossroads. By Tina Susman Los Angeles Times September 29, 2011, 5:48 p.m Reporting from New York— Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon have dropped in. A seasoned diplomat dispenses free advice. Supporters send everything …
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Eben Moglen, law professor at Columbia university (NYC) and founder of the Software Freedom Law Center. Video: FreedomBox v Facebook Audio: Before and After IP: Ownership of Ideas in the 21st Century (mp3) See Also: Autonomous [Free, Distributed] Internet Reference: The Future of the Internet Freedom Box Mail List Freedom Box Archives
SOURCE: P2P Foundation Category:P2P Infrastructure This is a specialization of our general Technology section, focusing more explicitely on the ‘true internet’ or distributed P2P infrastructures. It is being updated over the next week or so. On the overall perspective of the P2P Foundation: What Digital Commoners Need To Do, a meditation on the strategic phases …
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