The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
miniAtlas of Global Development An at-a-glance guide to the most pressing development issues facing the world today. Highlights key social, economic, and environmental data for 208 of the world’s economies. Green miniAtlas A snapshot, presented in maps and charts, of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges: increasing population, the rising demand for energy and food, …
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Alex McDonald 20th January, 2010 Cars are evil, right? But what if they ran on hydrogen, did 300 miles per gallon, were leased rather than owned, and were produced under an open source business model… Riversimple’s network electric car is a hydrogen fuel cell powered car, with unique technologies that enable it to run on …
In Need of Port Repairs, Haiti Relocating 400,000 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian officials are planning a massive relocation of 400,000 people from makeshift camps to the outskirts of the capital as the U.S. government tackles repairs to the damaged main port — dual efforts to help residents survive the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake. The …
Lovely to see a search like this. Here are the core references and then a comment and then a number of other references, but the reality is that this entire website is about creating a smart nation, and world brain, and four reforms: electoral, intelligence, governance, and national security. Afterthought: all the references from the …
Chuck Spinney is still the best “real” engineer in this town–almost everyone else is staggering after fifty years of government-specification cost-plus engineering. Also, as Chuck explores in the piece on Complexity to Avoid Accountability is Expensive we in the “requirements” business are as much to blame–Service connivance with complexity has killed acquisition from both a …
This op-ed by my friend Marshall Auerback is REALLY GOOD!!!!! I follow it with another good op-ed to bookend Auerback’s. Chuck Phi Beta Iota: In meetings with various non-profit and non-partisan advocacy groups over the past year we have been quite stunned to observe that they are all vested in the two-party system and are …
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With the possible exception of Syria, Turkey is the most welcoming and friendliest country in the Mediterranean. It is also the Islamic country that is on the friendliest terms with Israel. It predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, had a distinguished history of providing a welcoming sanctuary for Jew persecuted by Christians, particular those in Spain. But …
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