Archive for the 'culture'

• Book Mini-Review: Makers: the New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson

February 13th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3-D Printing, authors, book, business, change, cognitive goods, computers, connectivity, cooperation, corporations, culture, economic determinism, economics, freedom, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, reading, revolution, society, Stigmergy, stochastic, tech, theory, web 2.0, wired | 1 comment

• “Sin, Death, and Hell have set their Marks on Him”

February 5th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, academia, anglo-saxons, anglosphere, britain, culture, history, leadership, legitimacy, military history, politics, state building, war, warriors | 7 comments

• Recruitment, poetry and tears

January 31st, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, ceremonial, Charles Cameron, cultural intelligence, culture, hegghammer, ibn siqilli, Islam, islamist, leah farrall, mali, poetry, poetry of war, recruitment, scriptures, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• Mindlessness and Mindfulness

January 22nd, 2013 by zen

Posted in academia, cognition, contemplative, culture, fun, ideas, intellectuals, Musings, philosophy, society, youtube | 11 comments

• Sow wind, reap whirlwind

December 30th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in art, blogosphere, blowback, Charles Cameron, complex systems, culture, drones, feedback, feedback loops, Gregory Johnsen, language, memory, poetry, scriptures, Uncategorized, yemen | 1 comment