Review: The Assault on Reason
Nine Years Too Late, Lacks Passion & Credibility, May 26, 2007
Review: The Blank Slate–The Modern Denial of Human Nature
One of a Handful of Revolutionary and Liberating References, May 12, 2007
Review: Don’t Bother Me Mom–I’m Learning!
Nails It–Secretary of Education Needs to Read This Book, April 27, 2007
Bruce Berkowitz: Failing to Keep Up With the Information Revolution The DI and “IT”
Failing to Keep Up With the Information Revolution: The (CIA) DI and “IT” Bruce Berkowitz Studies in Intelligence, 2007 During 2001-2002, I was a Scholar-in-Residence at the Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis, the “think tank” attached to the CIA’s training center for analysts. The CIA has long used such scholars as expert analysts, but …
Reference: The Autocatalysis of Social Systems and the Emergence of Trust
Core Quote: “Under the condition of double contingency, every self-commitment, however accidentally arisen or however calculated, will acquire information and connective value for the action of others. Precisely because such a system is formed in a closed and self-referential way — namely A is determined by B and B by A — every accident, every …
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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Robert David STEELE Vivas
Robert David Steele (Vivas) is the founder of OSS.NET, a web site dedicated to international intelligence reform including improved use of open source intelligence (OSINT). He has served in three of the four directorates of the Central Intelligence Agency, as a clandestine case officer, an all-source requirements and collection manager, and as project leader for …
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Review: Green to Gold–How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage
Best Available Primer for Top Management, March 14, 2007
