The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Maybe we should stop worrying about analysts w second language capabilities and insist that policymakers have a second language. Thinking in foreign language makes decisions more rational To judge a risk more clearly, it may help to consider it in a foreign language. A series of experiments on more than 300 people from the US …
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When we worked on the Manhunting Project for SOCOM, the US Marshall’s Service said that fugitive hunting was all about network analysis. The IC doesn’t understand network analysis as the bean counters push for numbers….they focus on low hanging fruit and as a result there is always some guy out there ready to step up …
Washington Leads World Into Lawlessness The US government pretends to live under the rule of law, to respect human rights, and to provide freedom and democracy to citizens. Washington’s pretense and the stark reality are diametrically opposed. US government officials routinely criticize other governments for being undemocratic and for violating human rights. Yet, no other …
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The World America Didn’t Make Amitai Etzioni The National Interest, March 21, 2012 Robert Kagan’s book, The World America Made, is refocusing the debate on whether the United States is declining as a global power—and speculation about whether other powers will step in to assume the responsibility for sustaining a liberal, rule-based international order. Kagan …
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Our Intelligent Future Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, 9 April 2012 In just three decades between 1990 and 2020, the internet will have grown from linking just a few experts in labs to connecting the entire human species through computers and mobile phones as well as billions of objects into an “Internet of Things,” …
Stewart Halsey Ross 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars for Coherence, Simplicity, & Morality,April 1, 2012 I read a lot — over 1800 books (including some DVDs) here at Amazon, in 98 categories, all but one non-fiction. This book is by a self-taught historian and self-described contrarian revisionist, and I will observe with the …
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ARSTRAT IO Newsletter v12 no 05 Articles in this issue: 1. U.S. ‘Info Ops’ Programs Dubious, Costly 2. Conference Expects Slow Transition to Laser Weapons 3. US Army Warns About The Risks Of Geotagging 4. The 2006 “Divorce” of US Army Reserve and Active Component Psychological Operations …
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