Jean Lievens: Can Analytics Save The Earth?

This Earth Day, Let’s Start Using Analytics To Conserve Energy The success of new energy projects relies on one crucial skill: the ability to derive insights from massive amounts of rapidly changing data. That’s why utilities and energy companies are adopting analytics to meet the rising demand for renewable energy from more sophisticated customers.

Sepp Hasslberger: Social Network Federation Instead of Decentralization — Body Blow to Twitter and Facebook?

Las Indias about changing the way social networks are configured … to get more meaningful relations and conversations – will it work? GNU social: Federation against the social model of Twitter “Federation issues” may look like a “bug”, but they are really the result of an agreement, an implicit contract: to be part of a …

Review: Unstoppable – The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State

Ralph Nader 4.0 out of 5 stars Valentine for the Real Conservatives — Bland and Not Transformative, March 9, 2015 Positive up front: reading a book by another person is like getting a few hours of their time to yourself, so any book by Ralph Nader is a substantive value to anyone interested in ethics …

Gareth Porter: How Israel Games the Iran Threat

The long history of Israel gaming the ‘Iranian threat’ Years before his recent grandstanding in Congress, Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders conjured a threat where one previously didn’t exist Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism. He is the author of the newly published Manufactured Crisis: The …

Review (Guest): Thieves of State – Why Corruption Threatens Global Security

Sarah Chayes 5 of 5 Stars. An Important Book By Deborah O’Keeffe on January 26, 2015 I believe Thieves of State is a must-read for anyone concerned about promoting peace and civility in communities, nations, and the world. Sarah Chayes compellingly discusses how the corrupt practices of governments and authorities spawn violent reactionary movements that …