The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Information Black Holes: Autonomy and Its Value Proposition I follow two or three LinkedIn groups. Believe me. The process is painful. On the plus side, LinkedIn’s discussions of “enterprise search” reveal the broken ribs in the body of information retrieval. On the surface, enterprise search and content processing appear to be fit and trim. The …
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Censorship Triggers Liability: UK ISPs Need To Be Sued Way Out Into Atlantic Infrastructure: Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom have started censoring the Internet wholesale by default. This is a horrible transgression against the free exchange of ideas, cheered on by authoritarian politicians. However, there is an important weapon built into the legal framework …
Half a Billion Clicks Can’t Be Wrong What big data tells us about next year’s crisis zones. EXTRACTS: ….my 2011 “Culturomics 2.0” study demonstrated the unique insights gleaned from looking at how the media covers an event, rather than just what it covers. The Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) project is the …
Why “news nerds” are an essential part of quality reporting Call me stupid, but I think journalism is an exciting way to change the world. But in order to do that these days, we need to favor change and promote disruptive innovation within the news and information ecosystem — and start thinking way outside the …
Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See EXTRACT: So what’s making it harder than usual to predict what might happen over the coming year? In a phrase, it’s global warming. I know, that’s not remotely the topic of this site, nor is it in any way a subject I can claim even a modicum of …
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Smart, Romeo is. Why Big Data Doesn’t Live up to the Hype A new book heralds the promise that big data will reveal more and more about how we live our lives and what we think, but is it really that useful? EXTRACTS: It’s easy to exaggerate the importance of what such a tool could …
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Academics Against Mass Surveillance AL QAEDA: Benghazi Terrorist Sought: Muhammad Jamal AL QAEDA: Bin Laden Alive! (We Do Not Make This Stuff Up!) The fact that the US never gave proof of his death keeps these stories alive. Phi Beta Iota: Bin Laden died in 2001. He was then resurrected (stand-ins) at least three times …
