2016 Robert Steele: The Ultimate Hack – Resilient Villages, Smart Cities, Prosperous Nations at Peace — and Unlimited Clean Water

This briefing has been prepared for the BRICS + Indonesia and Iran — and other nations such as Brunei, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — as a means of fostering a conversation about the future of Earth and humanity —  there are solutions that are affordable, interoperable, and scalable. SHORT URL (This Post): …

Jean Lievens: Think Global, Print Local — Commons Publishing

Think Global, Print Local: A Campaign for a New Commons-Based Publishing Network Have you ever wanted to share an inspiring book that you thought could help people and communities elsewhere, but in another language? Have you thought about combining decentralized online and offline ways of sharing information? Have you imagined more complex, layered projects crossing …

Paul Craig Roberts: Summary of USG Financial Fraud from Clinton to Obama

The US Economy Has Not Recovered and Will Not Recover CounterPunch, 19 February 2016 The US economy died when middle class jobs were offshored and when the financial system was deregulated.   . . .   The Federal Reserve’s zero interest rate policy was designed to support the balance sheets of the mega-banks and denied Americans interest …

Robert Steele: Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) – Achieving the SDG Goals in a Fraction of the Time at a Fraction of the Price

Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) Achieving the SDG Goals in a Fraction of the Time at a Fraction of the Price Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/SDG-OSEE Salient Points: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are not achievable using the prevailing paradigm of donors, intermediaries, and industrial-era proprietary technologies and costs. The SDG goals can be achieved at a …

Hal Berghel: Secretocracy

Secretocracy Hal Berghel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Secretocracy is an insidious, anti-democratic form of government sustained by secrecy and defined by an ill-informed body politic. Securocrats, and the military–industrial complex that feeds on them, increasingly use computing technology to prevent the electorate from accessing complete information. PDF (5 Pages): Secretocracy Full text below the …