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2011/11/16

Patrick Meier: PhD on Liberation Technology Impact

Do “Liberation Technologies” Change the Balance of Power Between Repressive Regimes and Civil Society? My dissertation is now available for download. Many thanks to my dissertation committee for their support and feedback throughout: Professor Dan Drezner, Professor Larry Diamond, Professor Carolyn Gideon and Clay Shirky. This dissertation is dedicated to Khaled Mohamed Saeed and Mohamed Bouazizi. Abstract …

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2011/11/152011/11/16

Jameson Quinn – Reflections on Voting Alternatives

Rob R: Thanks for including me on this mail. I know our opinions differ – even, sometimes, to the point where we are forced to doubt each others’ good faith. Yet I know that we have a common enemy in plurality voting. Robert S: I presume you’re involved with the “politics and electoral reform” working …

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2011/11/132016/03/26

Marcus Aurelius: CIA Flogs on Campus + RECAP

CIA runs all-source analytic competition for universities — neither the Open Source Center nor Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) are anywhere to be found. Deja vu? Covert Operation WC Wins High Honors at CIA Tri-State Intelligence Simulation Phi Beta Iota: This was probably a variation of the superb Mid-Career Course (CIA’s mini-war college) analytic exercise but …

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2011/11/112011/11/11

Tom Atlee: Gary Horvitz – OWS as Open Source Movement

Dear friends: This Gary Horvitz blog post, which I just received by email, is very complementary to what I sent out yesterday, albeit from a more birds-eye view. – Tom Atlee Occupy Wall Street: An Open Source Movement by Gary Horvitz November 9, 2011 The Occupation is gaining depth and breadth, nationally and globally. The …

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2011/11/08

John Robb: Occupy Resilience – Condemn the Regional Power Companies and Then Municipalize Them

Resilient Energy: Municipalization of Power How can you help your community build a resilient energy system? One of the first steps is to buy back the energy system from the regional power company by condemning it and then municipalizing it (it can be run as a power co-op or as a standard company … The …

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2011/11/042011/11/04

Mini-Me: Doug Naquin Lies to Associated Press + RECAP

Open Source Center created at suggestion of the 9/11 Commission? Really? AP Exclusive: Who’s following you on Twitter or Facebook? Maybe CIA’s ‘vengeful librarians’ By Associated Press, Friday, November 4 Phi Beta Iota: Evidently AP does not do its homework and takes Doug Naquin’s crap at face value. The Open Source Center was not created at …

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2011/11/04

Chuck Spinney: Matt Ridley on Why Heresy is Important

The below link goes to Matt Ridley’s excellent lecture analyzing the importance of heresy in science; and by extension, the danger to science posed by an Authority that dictates what is acceptable and what is unacceptable. The oppression of authority is a subject Galileo learned to his chagrin, and a central theme of Jacob Bronoski’s …

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