The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Canada / Quebec 2013 Ready, not ready, independence is coming The process of disintegration of the federation is on the verge of rapid acceleration I say and repeat on all keys for three years here on Vigil, Canada is in trouble. You tell me that his situation is better or worse than many other countries, …
Qualities of folly and wisdom – with factors that support each aspect of participatory wisdom A. Fairness vs. bias 1. Folly comes from narrow-mindedness, bias, partisanship 2. Wisdom depends on open-mindedness, equity, objectivity 3. Factors supporting this aspect of participatory wisdom include balanced information; attention to “broad benefit” and “general welfare”; balance of power; neutral …
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Power corrupts, no doubt about it. What most people miss is that it is not just about financial corruption that explicitly mis-directs scarce resources to benefit the few over the many (with Congress taking its standard 5% kick-back for delivering earmarks). Power also corrupts intellect. People forget how to think. They begin talking among themselves, …
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Secreacy and National Security Whistleblowing Daniel Ellsberg Huffington Post repritned from Social Research, 13 January 2013 I) Reflections on Secret-keeping and Identity In the “national security” area of the government — the White House, the departments of state and defense, the armed services and the “intelligence community,” along with their contractors — there is less …
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An unsung treasure for facilitators and civilizations Back in the mid-90’s I discovered Jim Rough’s Wisdom Council formathttp://www.co-intelligence.org/P-wisdomcouncil.html and began promoting it through my network as a way to increase the co-intelligence of a community. I loved the design of it – every 3-12 months randomly selecting one or two dozen ordinary people to reflect …
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The Solution is the Systems Perspective—-the Key Component Is Human Compassion—-and Common Sense Tells Us That It’s Best to Keep Networks Intact and Change How They Function, Rather Than Destroy Them and Star from Scratch. Lately I’ve been thinking about two realities: 1. When the economy crashes, there’s no traditional solution to the problem because …
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SOME OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE ROAD TO “NATIONAL INFORMATION POWER” WILLIAM GRAVELL* I. INTRODUCTION When examining the technologies associated with information in its many forms, America has truly been blessed—or cursed, depending on your point of view—with an abundance of energy and inventiveness. Through the genius of Bell and Edison, and more recently, the products of …
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