The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
What does it mean when, over a single year, the number of people who come to LibrePlanet more than doubles? It means that the free software movement is strong and growing. It means we have a fighting chance to protect our freedom and privacy in the digital world, and that we are inspiring new people …
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5 Emerging Technologies That Could Destroy The World By Glyn Taylor That’s Really Possible, 07/07/2013 LIST ONLY: 1 & 2 Nanotechnology & 3D Printers 3 & 4 Artificial General Intelligence & Big Data 5 Biotechnology Read full article inclusive of apocaplyptic scenarios
Act now re TPP and Fast Track (toxic to democracy) This month the US Congress could pass legislation that would make sure that complex trade agreements favored by multinational corporations – like the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) – would be pushed through Congress with little debate and little information provided to the public. This so-called “fast-track” …
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Americans are 14th in Internet access Consumer Electronics Trends for 2014 1. Connected Cars 2. Cheaper 4K Monitors and TVs 3. Digital Health 4. Laptop/Tablet 2 in 1 Combos 5. Curved TVs 6. 3D Printers 7. The Smart Home 8. Wearables The Future Can’t Wait: Over-the-Horizon Views on Development This text provides the findings of …
Humanitarian Response in 2025 I’ve been invited to give a “very provocative talk” on what humanitarian response will look like in 2025 for the annual Global Policy Forum organized by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York. I first explored this question in early 2012 and my colleague Andrej Verity recently …
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Open source has won, let’s look to the future Mark Hinkle My nearly 11 minute keynote at OSCON 2013 this year, felt long enough when I gave it, but in terms of what I have to say about the future of open source, it wasn’t even close. Here I expand on the lessons I’ve learned …
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