tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092842.post8753479487734477365..comments2023-10-15T14:14:09.334+03:00Comments on Rock of Galilee: the "f's" of freedom and fanaticism (cont.) or, the human operating systemrockofgalileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07939653236475167491noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092842.post-48995941184267891832010-06-28T10:47:10.762+03:002010-06-28T10:47:10.762+03:00Listen to the August 11, 2009 Charlie Rose intervi...Listen to the August 11, 2009 Charlie Rose interview with Alexander Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies. Two things: this challenges my last comment ("predicting suspicious acts before they happen - by analyzing internet behaviors - is unlikely to happen") and secondly, it backlights the unquantifiable undeniable importance of the study of the humanities, even in our over-metric'ed overgamed academic ratings world. Martin Smith's blog provides interesting coverage:<br />http://scenttrail.blogspot.com/2009/12/alexander-karp-scary-smart.html As does http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125200842406984303.html The takeaways? Western values will win if we believe in what we're doing. And his thoughts about "entrepreneurship".traintalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679301006757037273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092842.post-35283967843950405402009-08-11T15:36:56.264+03:002009-08-11T15:36:56.264+03:00My first paragraph caveat, that actually predictin...My first paragraph caveat, that actually predicting suspicious acts before they happen - by analyzing internet behaviors - is unlikely to happen - is also the conclusion of a report sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation entitled "Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists:A Framework for Program Assessment" 2008.,reported here:http://www.evidencesoup.com/canopener/2008/10/evidence-shows-that-extensive-data-mining-doesnt-identify-terrorists.html Treating the possession of Salafi-Jihadist literature as a criminal offense as considered in the link "a fine line" would mean considering anyone with such material "not ok" to begin with, a stand that implies there is no such possibility as a moderate Muslim, a case best presented at the ShrinkWrapped Blog. Worse, Islam is making converts while no so-called "Westernized" Arab has succeeded making (or even trying, for all we know) the shame-to-guilt cultural change. http://shrinkwrapped.blogs.com/blog/2006/08/guilt_vs_shame.html More on "moderate":"On the passing of Zaki Badawi and "moderate Islam" and "Dissing Barenboim: Taking the Measure of Palestinian 'moderation'"traintalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679301006757037273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092842.post-42252950010381461722008-03-05T14:17:00.000+02:002008-03-05T14:17:00.000+02:00True, some have criticized the NYPD paper as racia...True, some have criticized the NYPD paper as racial profiling. However, others have said such things as "NYPD has a major advantage if it would only use it" meaning living up to American ideals, implying, in this context, that a dumbed down presentation is part of the problem and typical of today's traditional media, noting that it is on the net that the difference between hate extremism and reasoned argument is made for all to see and that this Achilles heel of dark purposes (John S. Quarterman - PeerFlow) is where the information war is most intense. So a vulnerable person may access the NYPD report intending to reverse engineer it, only to find it makes for serious reflection and positive reevaluation.traintalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679301006757037273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092842.post-62462746487404057072008-03-05T13:19:00.000+02:002008-03-05T13:19:00.000+02:00Whether the material in the NYPD paper could make ...Whether the material in the NYPD paper could make the difference that you see is actually a function of presentation. If it was presented in a different way to the potential terrorist or misfits as they may be, then it would have a greater potential to provoke change. However, written as a NYPD paper it is essentially an anti-them paper, which makes them biased against it from the start.rockofgalileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939653236475167491noreply@blogger.com