The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
People are more likely to lie, exaggerate and distort when they know they won’t be held accountable for what they said, and people like to say what their interlocutors want to hear, says Jordan Stancil. Jordan Stancil Jordan Stancil is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of …
Did the ancients understand debt better than the moderns? Watch this — note particularly the comment wrt to writing off the toxic debt of Lehman Bros. Chuck Six minutes with the renegade ecnomist – Michael Hudson Special Phi Beta Iota: More than six minutes–a special with decisive commentary on the government’s failure to save the …
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The International Council for Science (ICSU) is spearheading a consultative Visioning Process, in cooperation with the International Social Science Council (ISSC), to explore options and propose implementation steps for a holistic strategy on Earth system research. Five Grand Challenges were identified during step 1 of the process. If addressed in the next decade, these Grand …
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From Jerusalem to Cordoba Here’s a press release for a performance I’m co-producing with Scoop Sweeney: AUSTIN – Catherine Braslavsky and Joseph Rowe will bring their musical performance, “From Jerusalem to Cordoba,” from Paris to Austin on December 3, 7pm at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall, 301 E. 8th St., Austin, 78701-3280. The performance …
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UPDATED 2011-09-07 Chapter As Published (PDF) See Also the Original Briefing with Notes: 2009 The Ultimate Hack: Re-Inventing Intelligence to Re-Engineer Earth (Denmark 27-28 October 2009) Full Text (Translatable) Below the Line
Beyond 5 Stars, a Cornerstone Book, Most Extraordinary Strategic Depth June 30, 2010 David Halpern Amazon has recently been allowing longer reviews by inserting a “Read More” line and I hope this entire review is allowed to stand. It will also be posted to Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, with links back to …
Absolutely Righteous, Mis-Leading Title June 20, 2010 Derek Bok First off, I’m back. After three months integrating into a field position with a prominent international organization, with three days off the whole time, I am finally able to get back to reading, and have about fifteen books on water I was going to read for …
