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Review: Need, Speed and Greed – How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran 5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond 5 Stars, Quick & Dirty Bright Light of Convergence,March 20, 2012 This book was brought to my attention by Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation and chief editor of its wiki. I follow him through Scoop.it and act instantly on his suggestions. The ideas in …

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Michel Bauwens: The New Rules of Innovation – Bottom-Up Solutions to Top-Down Problems

The New Rules Of Innovation: Bottom-Up Solutions To Top-Down Problems In his new book, Vijay Vaitheeswaran argues that we’re thinking about worldchanging innovation all wrong: It’s not going to come from where we expect it. Arnie Cooper www.fastcoexist.com, 19 March 2012 The world is currently standing “on the cusp of a post-industrial revolution.” So writes …

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Mini-Me: The Future of Intelligence is Your Dishwasher?

Huh? Marcus Aurelius:  The CIA wants to spy on you through your TV: Agency director says it will ‘transform’ surveillance Devices connected to internet leak information CIA director says these gadgets will ‘transform clandestine tradecraft’ Spies could watch thousands via supercomputers People ‘bug’ their own homes with web-connected devices DefDog:  CIA loves Internet of things… …

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Review: Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself – Critical and Systemic Implications for Democracy (C. West Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works)

Janet McIntyre-Mills 5.0 out of 5 stars Original Solution Not Chosen by Club of Rome, They Blew It,March 4, 2012 This is a seminal work going back in time, integrating reflexive practice, what is now known as third phase science and dialogic design science. A major contribution within this book is A. N. Christakis, “A …

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