GI Wilson: A Tale for the Day — US Government (the Titanic), National Security Spending (the Iceberg), and Why We Are Our Own Worst Enemy

The ultimate 21st Century cage match: Titanic Government vs. the National Security Iceberg Fabius Maximus, 20 December 2012 Summary: Today GI Wilson writes about the great game of the 21st century — the US government vs. our 4GW foes. Once called “low intensity war”, our foes have taught us the ability of sustained 4GW produces …

Thomas Briggs: Comments on the US Secret Super Cloud — Dead Since 1995 — With Two Thoughts from Robert Steele

Thomas Leo Briggs is a retired CIA operations officer with 3 years military experience in US Army military police, 3 years as a Special Agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration and 26 years in the CIA.  He tried to make use of computer capabilities to aid and assist humint operations in a variety of ways …

Jim Spoher: IBM’s Version of M4IS2 Centered on Universities

Dr. Jim Spoher (born c. 1956) is a computer scientist leading the development of a new science of service systems, often known as Service Science, Management and Engineering.  He has been the Director of IBM Global University Programs since 2009. Between 2003 and 2009, he was the Director of Almaden Services Research with IBM at …

Tom Atlee: Public Wisdom Practical Links

21st Century Town Meetings Appreciative Inquiry Argument Mapping Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) bCisiveOnline Canada Maclean experiment charrette choice-creating citizen consensus councils (CCCs) citizen deliberative councils (CDCs) citizen councilor forums citizen panels [By Popular Demand] citizen reflective councils   Citizens’ Assembly citizens juries civic journalism Community-Based Watershed Management Councils community quality of life indicators Commons Cafés …

Steven Aftergood: DSB Concludes Violent Behavior Cannot be Reliably Predicted – Does Not Address Larger Issue of Extreme Cognitive Dissonance Inspiring Suicides and Random Violence

VIOLENT BEHAVIOR CANNOT BE RELIABLY PREDICTED, PANEL SAYS The outbreak of violence by individuals who seek to harm other persons or institutions cannot be reliably predicted today, the Defense Science Board said in a new report to the Secretary of Defense.  Instead, efforts to counter violence should focus on prevention and mitigation of the threat. …