The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
whether talking about a intelligent knowledge infrastructure, robert’s global brain, or suresh’s project matching for climate change initiatives, this article seemed useful. Noah Raford Large-scale participatory futures systems Futurescaper is an online tool for making sense of the drivers, trends and forces that will shape the future. As a user interface system, it is horrible. …
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An astonishingly provocative potpourri of offerings, with no discernible low notes. A few samples: Happiness, Freedom, Equality, Rudeness: Welcome to Denmark! Key Trends of the Next 25 Years Why an Intelligence Explosion is Probable Which Ethical Theory Will Prevail in a Posthuman World? Francis Heylighen on the Emerging Global Brain
“American soft power is vanishing” by jonl on January 6, 2011 Bruce Sterling and I are well into our annual State of the World conversation over on the WELL. Bruce, who’s traveled the world all his life and has been in unique situations (like his travels through Russia and Eastern Europe after the fall of …
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Harrison Owen Low-Cost Priceless Guide Worth Hundreds of Thousands October 24, 2010 It’s been my pleasure to know the author of this book ever since he hunted me down after my review of Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World, and I have also had the benefit of being a participant in …
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Robert David Steele Serial pioneer, hacking humanity… Posted: October 21, 2010 11:39 AM
There are differences between “learning” and “education,” but hopefully more people can be inspired to blur the two further than we currently see happening. Open Courseware, Audio and Video: Open Courseware Consortium M.I.T. Open Courseware M.I.T. open courseware YouTube channel List of courses by subject (May 2007) The University of Chicago on iTunes U, University …
Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician (Reuters) – A well-known Australian Muslim cleric has called for the beheading of Dutch anti-Islamic politician Geert Wilders, a newspaper said on Friday. Wilders told Reuters it was “really terrible news” and that he was taking it seriously. “I will ask for clarification from the Dutch minister …
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