Review: Global Values 101–A Short Course
Deep Insights into Values as the Core of Being Human, May 30, 2009
2009 Homeland Security Today: Vet with a Vision
Anthony Kimery surprised me with this article. I was moved, for I have never seen, other than Alvin Toffler’s much shorter overview in 1993, a more profound appreciation for the public service that I have sought to render. Anthony did his homework, and the coherence, the integration, are the result of his talent at making …
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2009 Defense Science Board Report on Creating an Assured Joint DoD and Interagency Interoperable Net-Centric Enterprise
See the General Accountability Office (GAO) report on the DoD “grid” of the future as being unaffordable, unachievable, unrealistic in its aspirations, and generally a waste of the taxpayer’s money. This is a great report, especially for the techno-inclined, and it has exactly one phrase that sums it all up but is not fully appreciated: …
2009 Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else [Full Text Online for Google Translate]
Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else How Obama Can Create a Smart Nation and a Prosperous World at Peace By ROBERT DAVID STEELE VIVAS Today’s secret intelligence community costs the U.S. taxpayer over $65 billion a year, and yet, according to General Tony Zinni, USMC (Ret), provides less than 4% of the decision support needed …
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Common Wealth
Common Wealth Review: Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth Review: An End to Poverty?–A Historical Debate (Hardcover) Review: Common Wealth–Economics for a Crowded Planet Review: Deep Economy–The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future Review: How to Change the World–Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition Review: …
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Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Bio-Economics
Bio-Economics & Natural Harmony Bio-Base Review: Biocapital–The Constitution of Postgenomic Life Review: Diet for a Small Planet Review: Geosystems–An Introduction to Physical Geography (6th Edition) Review: Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution Review: Human Scale Review: Intelligence in Nature Review: Low Carbon Diet–A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds–Be Part of …
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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Yochai Benkler
Yochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Before joining the faculty at Harvard Law School, he was Joseph M. Field ‘55 Professor of Law at Yale. He writes about the Internet and the emergence of networked economy and society, …
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