New Consciousness Review December, 2014 | Page 46

FEATURES Open Source Everything I will say just two things about Open Source Everything here and now, with more to come later. First, Open Source Everything is an ecology. It lives or dies as a whole. It is not possible for a single In future posts I will elaborate on each of the above three core perspectives, always acknowledging and pointing to the books by others that have illuminated my moral and intellectual wanderings, and then begin exploring some of the best of the best books from my varied lists within my master list, Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Positive). 46 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW open, for example, Open Data, to survive and prosper alone. We have to go “all in” on all the opens. Second, Open Source Everything is the only approach to science, engineering, and knowledge generally that is affordable, inter-operable, and globally scalable. Robert David Steele started life as the son of an oil engineer, morphed into a Marine Corps officer then a clandestine intelligence officer for the CIA, and finally into a CEO for a for-profit and then a non-profit. Today he is the foremost proponent for the integration of Open Source Everything, True Cost Economics, and Holistic Analytics to create hybrid governance based on transparency, truth, and trust. His latest two books are INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability (2010) and THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth, & Trust (2012).