The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Pollsters, politicians and pundits quote public opinion polls to tell us what the public thinks. Deliberative democracy advocates promote public judgment to deepen public opinion. Few people talk about public wisdom – what it could be and what it could do. I think we need all three forms of public sensibility. I think we can …
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Recently a few people have blamed Obama for his lack of leadership and ability of breaking short lived promises. Critics mostly point financial and health care issues as a result of his political failure. Truth is the Bailout of 08, was a mixture of wild capitalism, corporate decision makers, and no government regulations. Thanks to …
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Expanding our capacity for “unitary democracy” Below are highlights from Jane Mansbridge’s IN CONTEXT article “Unitary & Adversary: The Two Forms of Democracy”, which was itself an excerpt from her book BEYOND ADVERSARY DEMOCRACY (1983) which has had a significant impact on my thinking. I often use Mansbridge’s distinction between (1) “unitary democracy” based on …
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2012 Robert Steele Answers PhD Student Questions Five page document above. Below is full text online for ease of automated translation.
Michael Saylor 4.0 out of 5 stars 5 for Elegant Simplicity, 3 for Dumbed Down,July 12, 2012 For a guy who once said he was worth $600,000 a hour, I was expecting a great deal more. This is a Classic Comic for the masses–now I used to own all of the Classic Comics [for those …
Vibrant, effective responses to disaster? As powerful economic, ecological, and social imbalances work themselves out in and around our lives, we face some pretty hard times – some of us already, some of us more than others, most of us increasingly. Each of us hopes we can ameliorate the impacts on ourselves, our communities and …
Twitter Hashtag: #openall DAILY HEADLINES Posted at 2200 Eastern Time 2012 BOOK The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth & Trust 2012 CHAPTER PREPRINT FOR COMMENT: The Craft of Intelligence Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Robert David STEELE Vivas
