Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

Best Ideas Don’t Always Come From Meetings Critical Review of Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield Doped Up America – 18 Crazy Facts Future of Special Operations (Small Wars Journal) Rethinking the Digital Revolution Timothy Good on UFO Existence Understanding Conciousness

Parag Khanna: The End of the Nation-State?

The End of the Nation-State? New York Times, 14 October 2013 Singapore — Every five years, the United States National Intelligence Council, which advises the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, publishes a report forecasting the long-term implications of global trends. Earlier this year it released its latest report, “Alternative Worlds,” which included scenarios for …

Jean Lievens: A Typology of Openness (Tim Berners Lee via Michel Bauwens)

A typology of openness Tim Berners-Lee: “I was recently asked to talk about the idea of “open”, and I realized the term is used in at least eight different ways. The distinct interpretations are all important in different but interlocking ways. Getting them confused leads to a lot of misunderstanding, so it’s good to review …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter – Issue 67, October 2013

Free Software Supporter Issue 67, October 2013 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 71,727 other activists. That’s 1,011 more than last month! View this issue online here: https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2013/october Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience …

Review: Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies

PRINTABLE DOC (3 Pages): Review Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies Robert Dover (Editor), Michael S. Goodman (Editor), Claudia Hillebrand (Editor) 5.0 out of 5 stars The best collection in English — bold, innovative, essential, October 31, 2013 Routledge’s managing editor for this collection, and the contributing editors themselves, one of whom I know personally, have …

Jean Lievens: Wikinomic Innovation Redux – World Upside Down

Hothouse innovation redux: The world “upside down” Recently The Economist released a feature report on how innovation in emerging markets may be eclipsing innovation in North America. The report, The world turned upside down (click “Buy PDF” for a complimentary copy courtesy of BASF) reinforces the fact that globalization and disruptive innovation is no longer …