The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Algorithm identifies top ten technology news trend setters Kurzweil Accelerating News, July 5, 2012 Berlin Institute of Technology researchers studied the problem of trend-setting among news sites to determine which websites lead the news coverage and which ones merely follow, Technology Review Physics arXiv Blog reports. They took a snapshot of the words generated by 96 technology …
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http://tom-atlee.posterous.com/derivatives-challenge-citizenship-and-economi Short URL: http://post.ly/83Ojt Dear friends, I’m interested in derivatives as a symbol of an economic system that’s NOT based on productivity that satisfies real human needs. Derivatives are contracts that shift risk from players who are risk averse (and want insurance against loss) to players who have an appetite for risk (and want a …
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For a tiny book from a boutique publisher, this is huge….there is no advertising budget, no public sales effort, etcetera. This is a word of mouth rising. Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #50 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Government > Democracy NOTE: Amazon is selling the …
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Emerging Economics #3: The Sharing Economy Dear friends One of the key features of “the new economy” is sharing. More and more people are sharing housing, cars, bikes, tools, meals, skills, money, books, ideas, music, energy, recreation, projects, transportation, knowledge, problem-solving, visions, jobs, ownership, clothes, stories, time… Sharing is a resource in hard times as …
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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 …
I’ve known Dr. Vint Cerf since 1992, and it is with enormous regard for him personally — and the culture of sharing and shared decision-making that he and other Internet pioneers fostered — that I take note of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) and the fact that it now makes possible the Internet of Things. …
Big Data for Development: Challenges and Opportunities The UN Global Pulse report on Big Data for Development ought to be required reading for anyone interested in humanitarian applications of Big Data. The purpose of this post is not to summarize this excellent 50-page document but to relay the most important insights contained therein. In addition, I …
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