The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
While touted as strategy, I fail to see any, more like wishful thinking and hope…..and as we all know, Hope is Not a Strategy…. Remarks by Secretary Panetta at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON E. PANETTA: Thank you very much, Theresa, for that kind introduction. And thank you for the …
Document: Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for a Post-Western World (Atlantic Council, 10 December 2030) Executive Summary Agree that we are at a potentially historic transition point. However, the Atlantic Council lacks the strategic analytic model to make the most of its otherwise formidable brain trust. Agree on the need for a new mental map, but …
Now that everyone is paying attention, this is being posted in full text online in support of a larger M4IS2 / OSE dialog. Document: Strategic OSINT (Chapter 6 in Strataegic Intelligence Vol 2) 10 MB Links added below throughout, updated where appropriate. See Also: 21st Century Intelligence Core References 2.0 Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Robert …
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Global warming is normal, not an imminent threat. Global warming, also known as climate change, is a tiny part of Environmental Degradation, top level threat #3 out of ten according to the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change of the United Nations. Global warming is a direct result of common ignorance, corporate greed, and …
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Peer to peer and the feudal transition Executive Summary: First Wave: Extensive Development (Expansion across Space using Slaves) Second Wave: Intensive Development (Material Development Upgrading Slaves to Serfs) Third Wave: P2P Development (Immaterial Developments Upgrading Serfs to Seers) 10 September 2012 In this thought capsule, inspired by the reading of the very stimulating book Deep …
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Mondo 2000 in the Late 20th Century Cyberculture Former Mondo 2000 editor RU Sirius has been working many moons on a history of the magazine and its predecessors (High Frontiers, Reality Hackers). I was privileged to help a bit with infrastructure for gathering stories as well as contributions on the Texas and WELL perspectives on …
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Convergence of 30 Disabling Global Trends Mapping the social climate change engendering a perfect storm Introduction Checklist of 30 disabling trends Spiraling trends: cyclones in a climate of change? Interweaving “cyclones” and “anti-cyclones” in a global system Emergent polyhedral configuration of alternating systemic functions Insights from the Conference of the Birds? Conclusion References See Also: …
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