Yoda: Recording the Future – Repeat Itself, Foolishness Does…

Repeat itself, foolishness does. Predicting the future through online data mining Recorded Future predicts when and where a demonstration will occur after mining from the web all the related activities. EXTRACT As it turns out, the software company Recorded Future (which has recently been praised by Wired, the MIT Technology Review and other media outlets, …

Michel Bauwens: Technology-Enabled Sharing Economy Going Mainstream?

Can the Sharing Economy Cross to the Mainstream? EXTRACT: The resounding message of the sharing economy is that it fosters relationships and builds communities. So far, it has focused primarily on the self-interested values of saving money and making money from the idle resources in order to appeal to consumers. The sharing economy should incorporate …

Richard Wright: General Mike Flynn – Taking the Helm of a Rudderless Agency Also Lacking an Engine with Comment by Robert Steele and Follow-On Comment from Richard Wright

Taking the Helm of a Rudderless Agency Also Lacking an Engine The Public Intelligence Blog (Phi Beta) has published a report on a speech delivered by Lt. General Michael Flynn (U.S.A.) the newly appointed Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in September 2012. The speech was delivered to an audience at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, …

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Re-Boot

The two below references have finally been updated and the original PDFs are now online (they were lost when site moved from Sweden and previous oss.net shortcuts were lost). NEW:  2008 Open Source Intelligence (Strategic)  OLD:  http://www.oss.net/OSINT-S Introduction  OSINT and Intelligence Reform  – History  – Requirements  – Collection  – Processing  – Analysis  – Covert Action  …

ShadowStats: USA Hyperinflation, 2014 Outside Date for Economic Collapse

SPECIAL COMMENTARY NUMBER 414 January 25, 2012 U.S. Hyperinflationary Great Depression Moves Ever Closer U.S. Government and the Federal Reserve Effectively Have Destroyed Global Confidence in the U.S. Dollar Systemic-Solvency and Economic Crises Have Not Abated Precursors to Ultimate Dollar Disaster Are in Place; 2014 Remains the Outside Timing for Same

Richard Stallman: Free Software Foundation Newsletter #53 August 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 53, August 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 60,580 other activists. That’s 1,286 more than last month! Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to …