Event: 18 Jan, NYC Society for Ethical Culture – Iran Hostage Crisis 30th Anniversary Meets WikiLeaks – All-Star Panel

Online promo flyer with graphics from Cognito Who: Author Stephen Kinzer, Grand Theft Auto Director Navid Khonsari, Newscaster Amy Goodman, Emmy-nominated Mike de Seve, Columbia University Chair of Iran Studies Hamid Dabashi Where: 2 West 64th St. & Central Park West, NYC, (New York Society for Ethical Culture) When: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 7 p.m. …

BLOG WISDOM: Chance Favors the Connected Mind…

Chance favors the connected mind. by jonl on January 14, 2011 Steve Johnson in an animated conversation (literally) derived from the juices flowing through his book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Ideas grow from slow hunches in collision with each other, and depend on great nurturing ground: coffee houses, salons, …

More Bank Equity Is Needed and Not Socially Costly

Much More Bank Equity Is Needed and Is Not Socially Costly Text of Letter Published in Financial Times November 9, 2010 The Basel III bank-regulation proposals that G20 leaders will discuss fail to eliminate key structural flaws in the current system. Banks’ high leverage, and the resulting fragility and systemic risk, contributed to the near …

Worth a Look: Cultural Survival Call to Action

Huichol Call to Action VER ESPANOL ABAJO Dear Colleagues for Human Rights and Environmental Justice, The Wixárika (Huichol) people of Mexico are calling for international support to protect their sacred lands from a Canadian mining company. Please join Cultural Survival in sending urgent emails, faxes, or letters to Mexican government officials. Seventy percent of First …

Graphic: OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act)

Simplified: Nuanced: Credit Simplied Credit Nuanced See Also: Journal: Spinney, Boyd, Green, Kuhn on “Can America Be Salvaged?–Public Intelligence Aspects” Review: Boyd–The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War Review (Guest): Science, Strategy and War–The Strategic Theory of John Boyd