The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Cost-Savings Fantasy David Isenberg Huffington Post, 9/15/2011 Sometimes it is difficult to decide what to write about in the world of private military and security contracting issues, as there are usually a few different stories in the news on any given day that are relevant. Today, however, I don’t have that problem as there …
Pankaj Ghemawat 5.0 out of 5 stars Six Star Nuanced, Brilliant, the Stuff of Nobel Laureates,September 15, 2011 This is a nuanced book. It is not possible to “review” it without having actually read it, read it carefully, and then read it again. It was easily a five as I got into it, and then …
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Featured Article The Emerging Global Mind Noetic Now, Issue Fourteen, September 2011 by Tiffany Shlain Fifteen years ago I founded the Webby Awards. I was fascinated by how the Internet was connecting people all over the world in new and unexpected ways. I have also been struck by the many conversations about the problems of …
William Poundstone 2.0 out of 5 stars Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren’t Fair (and What We Can Do About It), February 12, 2008 The book is extremely well-written, and a joy to read. It would be highly recommended, except for two fatal flaws discussed below. Poundstone’s latest book deals with an issue that is …
Always remember Howard Zinn’s remarks: “In this awful world where the efforts of caring people often pale in comparison to what is done by those who have power, how do I manage to stay involved and seemingly happy? I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give …
EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …
Many fear that the US is poised on the cusp of a second depression. Simon Johnson, on of the most astute observers of the current crisis, takes exception to this view by making an interesting comparison of the current economic slump to the busts of the 19th Century, particularly the long decline between 1873 and …
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