Event: 29-31 July 2010, Berkeley CA, Open Science Summit
Objectives: Create an annual flagship event and news hub to build and maintain the identity of the international Open Science Movement. Organize the various sub-communities into an effective, global, socio-technological force for rapid change in science/innovation policy. An attempt to gather all stakeholders who want to liberate our scientific and technological commons and enable a …
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Review: Hack the Planet–Science’s Best Hope–or Worst Nightmare–For Averting Climate Catastrophe
Tour of the Horizon, the Smartest of Skeptics July 25, 2010 Eli Kintisch I bristled when I saw the title, but bought the book in association with my own talk to Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) on “Hacking Humanity.” I’ve put the book down glad I did not give up in the early pages, and …
Event: 16-18 May, Chicago, 4th International Conference on Climate Change: Reconsidering the Science and Economics
Reconsidering the Science and Economics The Fourth International Conference on Climate Change will be held in Chicago, Illinois on May 16-18, 2010 at the Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile Hotel, 540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. It will call attention to new scientific research on the causes and consequences of climate change, and to economic analysis of …
Journal: From Social “Science” HTT to KR Death Squads
Linking JIEDDO to US Death Squads: Chinese Publication Seeks Guidance from HTS Program Manager “According to several government and civilian sources, [Michael] Furlong’s operation was funded under a $24.6 million contract by the Defense Department’s Joint IED Defeat Organization [JIEDDO], which was set up early in the Iraq war to combat insurgents’ roadside bombs. His …
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Journal: ClimateGate–How Settled the Science?
Answer … it depends … Attached is a very revealing BBC interview with Phil Jones, the head of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. It should be read carefully with an eye to what is said and not said. Note that Jones acknowledges that the time for debate over climate science …
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Search: intelligence science board social media
Very interesting. DARPA and IARPA are running about 10 years behind Stephen E. Arnold; Intel, CISCO, and Nokia are the folks we are watching, although we do not think CISCO will defeat Google, and we do not think Google will overcome its very harmful “do great evil just don’t get caught” model. A Few Intelligence …
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