David A. Bray: Distributed Problem-Solving Networks

Back in 2007-2008 we did research relevant to your thinking on Applied Collective Intelligence, at the University of Oxford.  We focused on “distributed problem-solving networks” that included looking at film production in a distributed fashion to include a lot of open source projects: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=45

Worth a Look: Sufis, Salafis and Islamists – The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism

NEW: 30% discount at publisher, enter code AN2 NEW: graphic below on four threads of Islam. Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism The Arabic terms Islamism, Salafism, Jihadism and Wahhabism have acquired currency in the English language and are synonymous with violent Muslim extremism.  But what do they actually mean? …

Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) — a Nordic Manifesto

This is what I am taking to the Nordics. Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) Robert D. Steele, Earth Intelligence Network Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) is affordable, inter-operable, and scalable to the five billion poor now neglected by industrial-era engineers. Data-driven, a design revolution could enable the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) within …

2016 Robert Steele: Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) – Creating the Academy, Economy, Government, and Society of the Future

Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE): Creating the Academy, Economy, Government, and Society of the Future Robert Steele ABSTRACT I have decided to focus on the possibilities of integrating True Cost Economics, Holistic Analytics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE). This concept is human-centric, rooted in advanced digital information management including new concepts for embedded intelligence …

Patrick Meier: Geospatial Information Management – Ten Year Vision

A 10 Year Vision: Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) recently published their second edition of Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management. I blogged about the first edition here. Below are some of the excerpts I found interesting or noteworthy. The report itself is …