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2011/03/212016/03/26

Reflections on Revolution, Information & Civil Affairs

The globalisation of revolution Taral Barlaawi Al Jazeera, 21 March 2011 Revolutions are caused by human agency; not telecommunications technologies, scholar argues. To listen to the hype about social networking websites and the Egyptian revolution, one would think it was Silicon Valley and not the Egyptian people who overthrew Mubarak. Via its technologies, the West …

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2011/03/202011/10/22

Panarchy-Not Anarchy-Future of Global Governance

Panarchy is “a useful way of thinking about cross-scale dynamics in complex adaptive systems.” Source Panarchy, in modern terms, is both an emerging theory of local to global relations spanning all current disciplines (e.g. economics, political science, sociology), and a public intelligence concept that posits non-violent collective intelligence, with access to all true cost information, …

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2011/02/282011/02/28

Review: Reality Is Broken–Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Jane McGonigal 6 Star for Concept–Ignores Past Pioneers–Energizes Us All February 28, 2011 I took the time to read all of the reviews to date, and was reminded again of the chasm between those who understand technology and its possibilities, and those who do not. Being among the latter, in part because I am a …

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2011/02/202011/02/20

Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? + US Fraud RECAP

Phi Beta Iota: With a tip of the hat to Rolling Stone and author Matt Taibbi, reproducing the entire article was the only way to show the emphasis added by Brother Chuck. Updated to add photo and observe that this particular article is rocketing around the Internet. See also our review of GRIFTOPIA. UPDATE: Three …

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2011/02/172011/02/17

US Intelligence Unwitting of Most Open Sources

From my friends at Intelligence Online…. Used extensively by protesters in Egypt and Tunisia, Facebook and other social networking websites contain a wealth of useful intelligence. However, knowing how to exploit that information is another matter. During a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on February 4, Senator Dianne Feinstein complained to Stephanie …

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2011/02/162011/02/16

NIGHTWATCH: Sunni-Shi’ite Side-by-Side in Bahrein

Bahrain: The King of Bahrain appeared on television to announce an investigation into the deaths of two protesters killed in clashes with security forces, during the past two days of demonstrations. King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa said, “There have sadly been two deaths. I express my deep condolences to their families.” He also promised …

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2011/02/072011/02/07

ON INTELLIGENCE: Open Letter to the President

THIS PAGE SHORT URL: http://www.tinyurl.com/Intel21 As Delivered: Corrected Letter 1.4 Corrected Letter of Transmittal 1.5 Letter of Transmittal (Courier & Email) Open Letter to the President Attachments: