Michel Bauwens: The Future of Learning, Networked Society – Ericsson YouTube (20:18) + Digital Native Education RECAP

Can ICT redefine the way we learn in the Networked Society? Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share in whole new ways. This dynamic shift in mindset is creating profound change throughout our society. The Future of Learning looks at one part of that change, the potential to redefine how we learn and …

David Isenberg: The True Cost (Locally) of Military Strikes Against Iranian Nuclear Targets + Iran Nuclear Meta-RECAP

The Myth of “Surgical Strikes” on Iran By David Isenberg TIME Battleland | October 18, 2012 For all the years that the world has focused on the confrontation between Western nations and Iran, oceans of ink have been spilled over many aspects of its nuclear program — the quantity and quality of its enriched uranium, …

Yoda: Big Data Hype Small Data Hype Visualization Hype – “Technology is not a substitute for thinking”

With them, force is. “Technology is not a substitute for thinking.” Robert Steele “Bandwidth is more expensive than pilots.” Professor Robert Owen Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University The future is now: 10 startups leading the way in ‘big data’ Christina Farr VentureBeat, October 16, 2012 Police are mixing crime data and sociological information to anticipate incidences of crime. A …

Richard Wright: Jim Clapper Speaks to Excessive Dependence on Technical Intelligence, and the Evident Non-Existence of Human Intelligence in the Middle East

Escaping Excessive Dependence on Technical Intelligence Speaking at the GEOINT 2012 Symposium (09 October), Director of National Intelligence (DNI) General James Clapper (USAF ret.) argued that the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other U.S. citizens in Benghazi, Libya caught the U.S. by surprise because the attacks did not “emit or discuss …

Winslow Wheeler: John Saven on the Navy’s New Class of Floating Pigs

Among the examples of more expensive hardware providing less capability is the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Sayen addresses the matter with specifics in a new piece at Time’s Batteland blog.  John is a friend, colleague and a co-author in the anthology America’s Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama …