Robert Steele: PhD Proposal

As part of this endeavor, a new annual conference is planned that will focus on M4IS2/OSE, and in passing, redefine both political science and the craft of intelligence as we go forward together. DOC (5 Pages):  2014-04-23 (3.8) PhD Research Proposal Robert David Steele Professional Site 2014 Research Proposal – Political Science Multi-Disciplinary Evidence-Based Sustainable …

Berto Jongman: Opportunity Cost of Peace $9.46 Trillion in 2012 –11% of Gross World Product Lost to War

How Much Is Peace Actually Worth? According to an emerging branch of economics, approximately $9.46 trillion. Talia Hagerty Pacific Standard, 22 April 2014 EXTRACT The most recent study published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) found that violence cost the world $9.46 trillion in 2012 alone. That’s 11 percent of gross world product. …

Mini-Me: Global Revolution – Rethinking Assumptions

Globalrevolution / Network movements / Technopolitics | Berlin 31.01.2014 | Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Presentation Transcript 1. globalrevolution/ network-movements/ technopolitics/ adrià rodríguez @adriaral participating with Fundación de los Comunes participating with #GRRN Global Revolution Research Network developing Project Kairós www.projectkairos.net berlin 31.01.2014 2. *A big part of the data and ideas here presented are the insights …

Stephen E. Arnold: Technology Flopping – Thinking Still Out of Style

Concern about the Future of Technology I suggest you read two articles. The first is from folks who make their living cheerleading technology. The article “What Does the Recent Tech Stock Downturn Meant? The Truth Is Nobody Knows.” is an admission that the future of technology is—well—not too clear. With increasing class tension in the …

Howard Rheingold: Filtering – from Information Deluge to Context with JP Rangaswami

JP Rangaswami’s thoughtful series of blog posts on the why and how of filtering online info-flows is a fundamental infotention text. Instead of Scooping all seven, I’ve Scooped this blog post by Jon Reed that summarizes and links to all seven parts. Filtering JP Rangaswami – from information deluge to context Jon Reed diginomica, 7 …

Berto Jongman: LogAnalysis (Italy) Eats Phone Records, Produces Organization Charts

Mafia Wars: How Italy’s Military Police Use Metadata To Track Organized Crime The Carabinieri, Italy’s military police, used a new software platform to analyze the phone records of organized crime groups. Here’s what happened. There’s a reason why the NSA likes metadata so much. Metadata–the auxiliary data generated by every digital move you make–can track …

Stephen E. Arnold: Search Big Data Flim-Flam – And One Open Source Search of Compressed Files with SQL (RainStor)

Search and Big Data: Been There, Done That Is the use of search to find information in large collections of content revolutionary? Er, no. What about using search to locate an Internet Protocol address in a repository of monitored email traffic? Er, no. With the chatter on LinkedIn and the vacuous news releases from some …