Review: Terror and Consent–The Wars for the Twenty-First Century
Appallingly Ignorant ; Another Nail in “Bi-Partisan” Coffin, April 27, 2008
Review: The Next Catastrophe–Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters
Superb, Crystal-Clear, Speaks Truth to Power, April 3, 2008
Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Mark Klein
Dr. Mark Klein (cci.mit.edu/klein/) is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, and an Affiliate at the MIT Computer Science and AI Lab (CSAIL) as well as the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI). His research focuses on understanding the cross-cutting fundamentals of coordination and applying these insights to help create better human …
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Worth a Look: Book Reviews on the War on Science
War on Science Review: The Republican War on Science NOTE: Included in the above review are three other books: Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion by Daniel Greenberg is the best over-all review, has a strong ethical component, and shows how the competition for money, rather than scientific progress, is diverting scarce …
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Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Culture
Culture Review (DVD): Unthinkable Review: Edward Lansdale’s Cold War (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War) (Paperback) Review: Endless War–Middle-Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization Review: Evolutionary Activism by Tom Atlee Review: Mandate for Change–Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond Review: Power & Responsibility–Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threat Review: The Bhagavad Gita–A …
Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Derek Lomas
Derek Lomas is a PhD student in the Human-Computer Interactions Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where he is researching the underpinnings of fun and learning within commercial video games and helping to develop new design processes for building effective computer-aided learning games.? Lomas is a co-founder of the Playpower Foundation, which recently received support from …
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Review: Open Source Information–The Missing Dimension of Intelligence
Marginal Across the Board–26 pages of pablum, July 5, 2008
