{"id":3019,"date":"2009-02-08T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2009-02-09T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T21:10:09","slug":"recommended-reading-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3019","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s see&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">UPDATED!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Billing! Dr. Mark Drapeau<\/strong> -&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/government_20_rise_of_the_goverati.php\">Government 2.0: Rise of the Goverati<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some dread excess Obamoptimism here but an interesting and thoughtful\u00a0take on how the new White House\u00a0crowd are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marcprensky.com\/writing\/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf\">digital natives and successfully assimilated digital immigrants<\/a>. Then again <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theWhiteHouse\">the twitter page <\/a>for the Obama administration has not exactly been a house of fire. Neither has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/\">the White House blog<\/a>\u00a0which continues to underwhelm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CTOvision<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctovision.com\/2009\/02\/foreign-spies-make-recession-worse-and-steal-part-of-our-future.html\">Foreign Spies Make Recession Worse and Steal Part of Our Future<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Updated trend of the old Soviet bloc desire to steal as much as possible through industrial espionage, something that goes back to the days of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amtorg_Trading_Corporation\">AMTORG<\/a> &#8211; and yes, we still suck at stopping it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/barackobama\/4550144\/CIA-warns-Barack-Obama-that-British-terrorists-are-the-biggest-threat-to-the-US.html\">CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As long as we are on a CI kick today, maybe the easiest thing to do is to start social network mapping adherents of radical mosques for a strict scrutiny list regarding travel or funds transfer into the U.S. You want to attend services with a guy who preaches my murder and enslavement, fine, just don&#8217;t expect to come over here\u00a0for a visit or to get an education or a job\u00a0here\u00a0or that we&#8217;ll easily let your relatives in either.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SEED<\/em><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seedmagazine.com\/news\/2009\/01\/blogging_the_origin.php\">Blogging the Origin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doing for <strong>Charles Darwin<\/strong> what<strong> Chicagoboyz<\/strong> is doing for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagoboyz.net\/archives\/category\/clausewitz-roundtable\"><strong>Carl von Clausewitz<\/strong> <\/a>. <strong><em>The Smithsonian<\/em><\/strong> also has <a _extended=\"true\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/What-Darwin-Didnt-Know.html\">What Darwin Didn&#8217;t Know <\/a>up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEED x 2<\/strong> Here&#8217;s something important to consider for all <strong>COIN<\/strong> and <strong>4GW<\/strong> enthusiasts:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedmagazine.com\/news\/2009\/01\/chaos_begets_chaos.php\">Chaos begets Chaos<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;A new study supports the controversial claim that people can be morally swayed by the state of their surroundings.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Foreign Policy<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Parag Khanna<\/strong> &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/story\/cms.php?story_id=4664\">The Road to Kabul Runs Through Beijing (and Tehran)&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not endorsing but interesting. Good follow up on Nexon yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THANKS!<\/strong>\u00a0to those who linked to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/mag\/docs-temp\/174-safranski.pdf\">my interview with Tom Barnett at SWJ last week<\/a>, including <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/\">Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/story\/cms.php?story_id=4665&amp;page=1\"><strong>FP&#8217;s This Week at War<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hgworld.blogspot.com\/\">HG&#8217;s World<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rethinkingsecurity.typepad.com\/\">Rethinking Security<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globalguerrillas.typepad.com\/globalguerrillas\/2009\/02\/journal-the-frontier.html\">Global Guerillas <\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mountainrunner.us\/\">MountainRunner<\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tdaxp.com\/\">TDAXP<\/a><\/strong> offers up the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tdaxp.com\/archive\/2009\/02\/02\/hitler-and-the-nazis.html\">Hitler <em>Downfall<\/em>\u00a0collection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Open the Future<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openthefuture.com\/2009\/02\/flunking_out.html\">Flunking Out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rethinkingsecurity.typepad.com\/rethinkingsecurity\/2009\/02\/more-on-singularity-u.html\">AE<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Jamais Cascio<\/strong> is unimpressed with Singularity U.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s see&#8230;.. UPDATED! Top Billing! Dr. Mark Drapeau -&#8220;Government 2.0: Rise of the Goverati&#8221; Some dread excess Obamoptimism here but an interesting and thoughtful\u00a0take on how the new White House\u00a0crowd are digital natives and successfully assimilated digital immigrants. Then again the twitter page for the Obama administration has not exactly been a house of fire. 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