Robert Steele: Reflections on the Next Data Revolution

I was  glad to respond to an invitation to write “Beyond Data Monitoring,” a Background Paper for the UN International Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution, co-chaired by Robin Li of Baidu, which is good, with Open Source represented by Tim “algorithms rule” O’Reilly, which is bad. Although the paper gained no traction …

Guradian Sustainable Business: Jeremy Rifkin on Super Internet Solving All Our Problems — Never Mind the True Cost Details

Radical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism Political adviser and author Jeremy Rifkin believes that the creation of a super internet heralds new economic system that could solve society’s sustainability challenges EXTRACT What about the concern that the end of capitalism would lead to chaos? Rifkin believes the gap left by the …

CounterPunch: Where is Jesse Ventura When You Need Him? The Public Gets the Government It Tolerates

Where is Jesse Ventura When You Need Him? The Public Gets the Government It Tolerates by ROBERT DAVID STEELE If Jesse Ventura or any true, electable populist candidate reads this and wants to be President, I have a plan to make it so. I ran for President in 2012, accepted as a candidate by the …

Guardian Sustainable Business: 8 Recycling Success Stories

8 ways to rethink resources: nappies to benches and food waste to biogas LIST ONLY 1. Nappies to roof tiles and railway sleepers   .   2. Paper to reduce food waste   .   3. Sustainable construction materials   .   4. Clothes from old water bottles   .   5. Agri-waste into plastic bottles   .   6. Worms as fertiliser   .   7. …

Yoda: US Federal IT — $100 Billion in Flames

Systemic mess. Federal IT Spending Slashed In Proposed 2015 Budget Obama’s 2015 budget request cuts 2.9%, gives agencies $79 billion for IT, including $13 billion for cyber security. Phi Beta Iota: Not being discussed: holistic analytics, true cost economics, or open source everything engineering. See Also: Internet Of Things: 8 Cost-Cutting Ideas For Government