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1993 Shumpei Kumon (JP) From Wealth to Wisdom: A Change in the Social Paradigm

Howard Rheingold was a decade or two ahead of the secret world in understanding the essence of Japan in so far as information and communications and computing technologies and their implications for both indigenous social networking, and global interactions and impacts.  He brought this gentleman to our attention and flagged the below document as essential …

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1992 Rheingold (US) Migrating Intelligence to the Public

Howard Rheingold first came to the attention of the secret world when his book, Tools for Thinking, was integrated into Project George (Smiley) in the Office of Information Technoloigy.  Independently of Diane Webb, whose articulation of CATALYST (Computer Aided Tools for the Analysis of Science and Technology) he defined human-centered and analytically-oriented computing.  The US …

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Robert Steele: Welcoming Remarks to OSS ’92

Steele, Robert. “Welcoming Remarks by Robert D. Steele, Host: Consumer Needs, Data Changes, Technology Changes, Organizational Changes, Future Vision & Issues,” McLean, VA: First International Symposium on National Security & National Competitiveness, Open Source Solutions, December 1, 1992. Full Text Below the Fold

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1991 How to Avoid Future Strategic Intelligence Failures

How to Avoid Future Strategic Intelligence Failures This article focuses on three concerns of mine that are central to ensuring that the restructuring effort is meaningful. First, what “sins” of strategic intelligence persist in the face of restructuring? Second, how must the nature of the individual intelligence analyst, their working conditions, and their relationship to …

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