Plenty of Spectrum–Not Enough Integrity

There is plenty of radio spectrum laying fallow everywhere for many reasons.  One principal reason is regulatory capture by communications oligopolies/monopolies around the world (artificial scarcity), which leads to a lack of investment in alternative (competitive) infrastructure.  This implies there is also vendor capture. What has changed just over the past five years is the …

Definition: Free Network

ideas to think about, make better, hack on, from venessa miemis: – access to a global communication infrastructure should be a human right – i should be able to exchange value directly with a peer without third party involvement – i should have control over the data that i generate – it is my right …

Connecting the Dots: ALL of Them

Contribution to Google Group Next Net Medard Gabel, co-creator with Buckminster Fuller of the analog World Game, created the architecture concept and staffing-funding model for the digital EarthGame(TM).  Learn more here. About: EarthGame and World Brain Review: Designing A World That Works For All Who’s Who in Earth Intelligence: Medard Gabel Worth a Look: Medard …

Journal: Cheery Waves Flags How Supercomputers Alter Science

Digging Deeper, Seeing Farther: Supercomputers Alter Science By JOHN MARKOFF New York Times, April 25, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — Inside a darkened theater a viewer floats in a redwood forest displayed with Imax-like clarity on a cavernous overhead screen. The hovering sensation gives way to vertigo as the camera dives deeper into the forest, approaches …