Graphic: Climate Change Drill Down Method
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Ayn Rand in the 21st Century–M4IS2 Bottom-Up, Liberation Technology, and Open Everything
Ayn Rand is back. Between my persistent search for a home for the Open Source Agency and the related Multinational Decision-Support Centre and World Brain Institute (with Global Game), I read and visit with smart people. As most know, the global fight that I have led since 1988 for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) has evolved …
Moving beyond teachers and bosses
Moving beyond teachers and bosses We train kids to deal with teachers in a certain way: Find out what they want, and do that, just barely, because there are other things to work on. Figure out how to say back exactly what they want to hear, with the least amount of effort, and you are …
Reference: Network Organization=Movement Success
Network organisation for the 21st century Harry Halpin and Kay Summer, Turbulence.org Will the upsurge in activity around climate change and the food crisis repeat the cycle of the movement of movements over the past decade – momentary visibility then dissolution? Harry Halpin and Kay Summer say ‘yes’, unless different models of organising are embraced. …
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Reflections on Revolution, Information & Civil Affairs
The globalisation of revolution Taral Barlaawi Al Jazeera, 21 March 2011 Revolutions are caused by human agency; not telecommunications technologies, scholar argues. To listen to the hype about social networking websites and the Egyptian revolution, one would think it was Silicon Valley and not the Egyptian people who overthrew Mubarak. Via its technologies, the West …
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Poverty & Nuclear Power: Pros and Cons
Poverty to Dictate Future Power Play Geoffrey T. Smith, Wall Street Journal March 17, 2011 Those who believe that economics, rather than individuals or events, is the driving force behind history are going to have their faith sorely tested in the coming weeks. Emotion and experience say the revival of nuclear power can not and …
DEMO Spring 2011 Cyber-Social Launches
NEW: Below, organized by category, are names, links (first to overview, last to web site), and product descriptions for each of the companies launching at DEMO Spring 2011. According to several of those who have attended past events, this one was “a cut above” an already high standard. What came across clearly was the new …
