Robert Steele: Augmented Intelligence with Human-Machine Integrity – Future-Oriented Hybrid Governance Integrating Holistic Analytics, True Cost Economics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE)

Augmented Intelligence with Human-Machine Integrity: Future-Oriented Hybrid Governance Integrating Holistic Analytics, True Cost Economics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) UPDATE: PDF (26 Pages): Chapter Steele on Augmented Intelligence as Published Full Text of Author’s Final Draft (Pre-Editing) Below the Fold

Luke K. C. Leighton: The Open Source Way

The proposed Open Source (Technologies) Agency outlines an innovative coordination of nine open technology groups, the simultaneous funding of which is intended to improve the quality of life for all world citizens, thus completely eliminating the root cause of criminal and terrorist behavioral development: poverty in all its forms. The United States is the de-facto world leader …

Nik Peachey: Tools for Digital Story-Telling

6 Reasons (and Nifty Tools) for Exploring Digital Storytelling Direct to tools: Animatron (communicating with visuals) Storybird (power of imagination) Odyssey Writer (writing can be fun) Canva (fluency in personal delivery) Animoto (critical thinking skills) Book Creator (orientation to intellectual property)    

Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Shits Again…

PBI: Above is our editorial title, see our comment below the fold. Palantir Technologies: An Overview of What Looks Like a Muliti Front War I read “Conservatives See Political Reprisal As Obama Administration Sues Peter Thiel’s Palantir.” Here in Harrod’s Creek “political reprisal” gets translated as blood feud. The source for the “reprisal” allegation is …

ANSWERS: Robert Steele for Brandi Sling (P) on CIA John Brennan’s Re-Organization One Year On…

ANSWERS: Robert Steele on CIA John Brennan’s Re-Organization One Year On… My seven questions (with sub-sets) are as follows:     On March 6, 2015, the CIA’s Director of Central Intelligence, John Brennan, announced a major restructuring of the CIA by converting the directorates of Operations, Analysis, Support, and Science and Technology, as well as the …

Stephen E. Arnold: Pirate Libraries Challenge Elsevier and Thomson Reuters to Liberate Knowledge for Destitute Scholars

Avast: Pirate Libraries They are called “pirate libraries,” but one would be better-served envisioning Robin Hood than Blackbeard.  Atlas Obscura takes a look at these floaters of scientific-journal copyrights in, “The Rise of Pirate Libraries.” These are not physical libraries, but virtual ones, where researchers and other curious folks can study articles otherwise accessible only …