Stuart Umpleby: Europeans Rocketing Past Americans in Cybernetics

Americans are not inclined to create general theories.  Europeans are. 2009 CONVERGERS AND DIVERGERS: A Dimension of Cultural Difference between the United States and Europe In 1988 the US was the leader in cybernetics.  Now we are tied for third with the Middle East, behind China and Europe. 2008 HOW RESEARCH IN CYBERNETICS IS MOVING …

Chuck Spinney: Pivotng to China — Criminally Insane, Business as Usual

The attached report by Greg Jaffe in the Washington Post (from 1 August 2012) is an excellent case study of the inside-the-beltway networking by the players in the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC).  Jaffe shows these networks build a consensus to keep defense spending high when wars end and a terrifying peace dividend …

Rickard Falkvinge: 25,000 Sign Petition to Fire Aaron Swartz’ Prosecutor

Petition To Fire Aaron Swartz’ Prosecutor Reaches Goal Activism: Early Tuesday morning, the petition to the U.S. Administration to fire Carmen Ortiz reached the prerequisite 25,000 signatures. Carmen Ortiz was the prosecutor that drove the prosecution against Aaron Swartz, which many mean contributed or led to his tragic suicide. The U.S. Administration, by its own rules, …

Daniel Ellsberg: Secrecy vs. Whistleblowing in a Democracy

Secreacy and National Security Whistleblowing Daniel Ellsberg Huffington Post repritned from Social Research, 13 January 2013 I) Reflections on Secret-keeping and Identity In the “national security” area of the government — the White House, the departments of state and defense, the armed services and the “intelligence community,” along with their contractors — there is less …

Mongoose: Moti Nissani on Who Killed Aaron Swartz?

For contextual orientation. Who Killed Aaron Swartz? Moti Nissani Veterans Today, 13 January 2014 ”How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?”—Bob Marley On January 11, 2013, according to indoctrination organs of the criminal Syndicate calling itself the US government (a Syndicate comprised, for the most part, of big bankers, …

Reflections on Lincoln, Principle, Compromise, Autonomous Internet & Citizen Intelligence / Counter-Intelligence 2.0 with Meta-RECAP

EDIT of 21 January 2013:  I have gotten both sharp criticism from folks I revere, and complements.  I am more than willing to delete this, but I am more interested in having people think outside the lines.  I’ve made some revisions, adding issues and readings in each section.   Email me as you please, robert.david.steele.vivas [at] …