INTERVIEW: Nafeez Ahmed (The Guardian) and Robert Steele on Re-inventing Intelligence to Re-engineer Earth

NEW URL (Guardian revamping its site): The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% ORIGINAL URL: The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% – ex CIA spy The man who trained more than 66 countries in open source methods calls for re-invention of intelligence to re-engineer …

SchwartzReport: Fukushima’s Children Dying — and Solar Power Break-Through Obviates Nuclear and Fossil Fuels

Here is the latest on Fukushima, and it is tragically sad. Remember that radiation contamination sourced at the site continues to pollute Japan, Japanese waters, and the world ocean. Note the last paragraphs. In American nuclear accidents the government has been similarly duplicitous. That’s because nuclear accidents are so horrible governments everywhere don’t want the …

Yoda: Wikipedia Generally Wrong on Medical Issues – 9 out of 10 Health Entries in Error

Again, we say. Using Wikipedia To Look Up Your Illness Is A Bad Idea, Scientists Confirm Researching symptoms and health concerns on Wikipedia will lead you to false information most of the time, scientists in the U.S. say. Scientists compared health information from the online encyclopedia with peer-reviewed medical research. They concluded that 90 percent …

Review: Analytics in a Big Data World – The Essential Guide to Data Science and Its Applications

Bart Baesens 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Overview of Analytic Applications — Focused on Consumer, Contains Math, May 22, 2014 Bottom line up front: a superb book and a truly great overview that is easily understandable to me except for the fraction of the book that is math. Right away I like the structure …

Berto Jongman: General Stanley McChrystal — Stop Classifying Information, Start Sharing Information – The Military Case

Secrecy as part of the existing DNA — and a major cancer. When General Stanley McChrystal started fighting al Qaeda in 2003, information and secrets were the lifeblood of his operations. But as the unconventional battle waged on, he began to think that the culture of keeping important information classified was misguided and actually counterproductive. …

Gordon Cook: Policy Paper on Connectivity

Policy Paper on Connectivity 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3 Technical Background 3.1 Peering and Transit – How thousands of Networks become the Global Internet 4. Special Issues in Connectivity 4.1 Access for Scientists 4.2 Access for Rural Areas 4.3 Access for Citizens via a Civil Society Stakeholder Body 5.The Ecuadorian Political, Economic, and Infrastructural …