The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
5.0 out of 5 stars America Desperately Needs More Illumination Such as This January 16, 2012 I received a review copy of this book [note to publishers: always ask first] and was glad to be offered a chance to read something as important as this. America desperately needs more illumination on the corruption in our …
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Event: 30-31 March 2012 NYC Participatory Budgeting 21st Century Network Governance – Beyond Participatory Budgeting Participatory budgeting is a very important step in the right direction, but in the larger context of both obstacles presented by corrupt governance and what is possible enabled by the Internet, it can be taken–quickly–to a higher level. Participatory budgeting …
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A few weeks back I put my intention out to open a Beacon Collaboratory, or what I called in the blog post a “Superhero School.” As I look around me, I’m seeing a pattern of convergence towards these kinds of live/work/play spaces. As “living labs,” these spaces bring together elements of a tech incubator, an …
Disruption Example: Open Source Protest + Flash Mob The Occupy Network/Brand is a perma protest against the future. Occupy’s Cause of the day: To express discontent with the “indefinite detention” provisions of the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). mindlessrabble said… Could you explain “perma protest against the future”? I see them as permanent opposition to totalitarism …
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New Asian Unions Means Fall Of The Dollar Gekko Money Trends Research, 2 January 2012 One of the most frustrating issues to haunt the halls of alternative economic analysis is the threat of misrepresentative terminology. For instance, when the U.S. government decided to back the private Federal Reserve in lowering the interest rates on lending …
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Daniel Goleman Relevance, Content, Price–Solid Five,December 29, 2011 I chose this book over Ecological Intelligence: Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature and seeing the author’s note about this other book “by a physician, Jungian analyst, and poet” am certain I made the right choice. The author’s “big idea” is called “Radical Transparency,” what the rest of us …
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2011 in Review: The Year Secrecy Jumped the Shark As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. December 23, 2011 | By Trevor Timm The government …
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