The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Douglas Rushkoff Table of Contents I. TIME Do Not Be “Always On” II. PLACE Live in Person III. CHOICE You May Always Choose “None of the Above” IV. COMPLEXITY You Are Never Completely Right V. SCALE One Size Does Not Fit All VI. IDENTITY Be Yourself VII. SOCIAL Do Not Sell Your Friends VIII. FACT …
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‘Hacktivists’ retaliate against security expert By Joseph Menn in San Francisco Financial Times February 7 2011 22:53 The cyber-activist group Anonymous reacted quickly over the weekend to infiltration by a US security analyst, hacking into his personal online accounts and computers and distributing thousands of e-mails and other documents. The attack embarrassed researcher Aaron Barr, …
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Dear friends, A large and growing body of knowledge exists about how to carry on powerful conversations — methodologies, facilitation know-how, dynamic understandings, and more. This knowledge informs professions ranging from therapy to diplomacy and conflict resolution, from organizational development to creativity and innovation, from community revitalization to activism and deliberative democracy, from family relationships …
Analysis: The US moral conundrum in Egypt (AP) – 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — As with Iran 30 years ago, American leaders again are wrestling with the moral conflict between Washington’s demands for democracy among its friends and strategic coziness with dictatorial regimes seen as key to stability in an increasingly complex world, particularly …
Egypt’s uprising unites society in rage (AP) – 5 hours ago CAIRO (AP) — For Gamal Hassanein, it began with a slap. The unemployed 24-year-old was arguing with a police officer when the man struck him across the face — a blow that seemed to sting for months. “He stole my dignity with that slap,” …
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Jesse Eisenberg Six Star Special–The Essence of the Emerging Era January 27, 2011 I was very glad to have a chance to see this movie on an airplane, and it was everything others had led me to believe. For myself, it captured the essence of what Peter Drucker calls the mono-maniac. I found the over-all …
Put another way, Simon Johnson is saying that Orientation (in the form of rigid pre-conceptions) is shaping the Observations as well as the Decisions and Actions (made in response to those observations). Any student of nonlinear dynamics and control theory will tell you that when a positive feedback loop like, Orientation’s positive shaping effect, is …
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