The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education About this talk Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and …
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The Mesh is here (don’t miss it) My friend Lisa Gansky has a new book out today. You can read a bit about it here. I hope you’ll buy a copy right now. It’s that important and that valuable. Gansky has written the most insightful book about new economy business models since The Long Tail, …
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September 21, 2010, NEW YORK CITY — Omidyar Network today announced it will dedicate $55 million to fund technology investments that provide people around the world with information, tools and services that improve their quality of life. The philanthropic investment firm pledged $30 million to progress government transparency and $25 million in support of mobile innovation benefitting …
Startling clarity, common sense, and immediate relevance September 21, 2010 Steve Denning I received a copy of this book as a galley from the publisher, and I strongly recommend it in any form. I first met Steve Denning when he was recently retired from being program director of knowledge management at the World Bank, and …
Phi Beta Iota: This is a well-intentioned document that is government-centric, and as a result, completely overlooks and fails to examine alternative futures that include Panarchy, Epoch B leadership, waves of federal nullifications and hundreds if not thousands of non-violent secessions, and of course Open Everything. This document, to be useful, should be redone to …
SCHEDULED SEMINARS | SEMINAR SPECIFICS | QUESTIONS? The Rethinking Seminar Series produced by the Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory has been underway for six years. The Seminars bring together distinguished speakers and interested professionals in free, informal discussions on a wide range of national security topics. The seminars occur approximately monthly in Arlington, VA, near the Pentagon. …
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I can’t confirm all of what’s in here because I don’t currently work with those issues, but this reads like the Vietnam era… McClatchy Newspapers (mcclatchydc.com) September 17, 2010 As Iraq Winds Down, U.S. Army Confronts A Broken Force By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — When Lt. Col. Dave Wilson took command of …
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