Reflections from Tom Atlee–We Beg One and All to Read and Contribute-and Join Us in Louiseville!

Phi Beta Iota: We beg one and all to read this and to contribute to the Co-Intelligence Institute whatever they can, be it $20 or $250 (our founder’s usual contribution).  Tom Atlee brought collective intelligence and public intelligence to where it is today.  America–and the world–need him vibrant and engaged.  PLEASE do what you can …

Review: Rethink–A Business Manifesto for Cutting Costs and Boosting Innovation

It’s About Context, Business Ecosystems, and IT Impact September 18, 2010 Ric Merrifield I bought this book on the recommendation of a colleague whom I have known for twenty years, both of us members of the Silicon Valley Hackers Conference started by Stewart Brand and now managed by Glen Tenney. When I came to buy …

Journalists, Media Professionals Donating Frequently to Federal Political Candidates

Journalists, Media Professionals Donating Frequently to Federal Political Candidates this Election Cycle By Megan R. Wilson on September 14, 2010 Last year, Christopher Hayes gave $250 to the congressional campaign of a good friend, Alabama Democrat Josh Segall. That’s hardly noteworthy, but for one factor: Hayes is the Washington, D.C., editor of The Nation, a …

Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Carol Dumaine

Ms. Carol Dumaine is one of a very small number of individuals who have sought to pursue what Gifford Pinchot calls “intrapreneurship,” but on a global scale. She first came to international attention when she pioneered Global Futures Partnership, an analytic endeavor seeking to enhance outreach and cross-fertilization across varied communities of practice. She received …

Secrecy New Extract: DIA Seeks to Classify Reality

PENTAGON DELAYS PUBLICATION OF NEW BOOK The Department of Defense says that a forthcoming book about the war in Afghanistan contains classified information, and that it should not be put on the market in its current form.  Instead, the Pentagon is considering whether to purchase and destroy the entire first printing of the book, “Operation …

Search (2): nato j-2 intelligence; un intelligence

We spent too much time creating a 33-page consolidated reference work to address these related searches.  It is very incomplete and needs to be accompanied by 00 Remixed Review Lists (70). The single best place to begin remains: Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational]

Journal: Army Industrial-Era Network Security + Cyber-Security RECAP (Links to Past Posts)

Army Times article, second below, reports what the beginning of what I expect will be a major decline in functionality of Army computer systems.  While some sort of institutional response to the alleged Wikileaks traitor, Specialist Bradley Manning, is appropriate, I don’t think this is it.  This is a simplistic approach, the sort of thing …