Mini-Me: Boston Casualties Vanish Into Thin Air + Boston/Texas Meta-RECAP

Huh? Treating the Marathon Casualties: Inside One Boston Emergency Room Ellen Harrell TIME, 15 August 2013 EXTRACT: Before long, they had set up a makeshift triage center in the lobby of the ER and began to treat the incoming — sewing up victims’ wounds and sending those with more-serious injuries through to be admitted. “We …

Anthony Judge: 30 Disabling Global Trends (Checklist)

Checklist of 30 disabling trends Systemic erosion of confidence and trust, most notably with regard to: Politicians, with a vested interest in ensuring their re-election at any cost Science, with a vested interest in justifying costly research Professions, with their vested interest in overselling on the basis of their authoritative advice Business (especially the financial …

Review: Internet-Based Intelligence in Public Health Emergencies – Early Detection and Response in Disease Outbreak Crises

Editors Mordini, E., Green, M. Pub. date March 2013Pages 160 Binding softcoverVolume 105 of NATO Science for Peace and Security Series – E: Human and Societal Dynamics ISBN 978-1-61499-174-8Subject Computer & Communication Sciences, Security & Terrorism, Social Sciences Momentous social events result from the sum of micro-level changes in daily individual life, and by observing …

Open Power: Democracy Lost & Found Essay, Book Review Blurbs and Links [Updated 3 MAR 2015]

NEW: Kindle Book Open Power ($2.99) OLD: Core Documents for Both Initiatives (Free) OLD: the foundation book The Open Source Everything Manifesto ROBERT STEELE: There are two schools of thought on effecting political (and hence economic and social) reform. One school is the school of love — this school emphasizes trust building and doing no …

Review: Creative Innovators – The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World

Tom Wagner 5.0 out of 5 stars Creating Innovators is NOT What Most US Schools Do…., February 27, 2013 I had a chance to go through this book today while visiting a school in Fairfax Virginia and I liked it. I have gone with 5 stars because it is a message that needs repeating as …

John Maguire: An Evolving Systems Analysis of Sandy Hook

An Evolving Systems Analysis of Sandy Hook Sandy Hook in a New Light: Lately I find myself attempting to fit both personal experience and global events into a General Systems framework. General Systems Theory is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry pioneered by biologist Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy. It seeks to expound principles that are applicable to …