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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).
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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).