Category: Intelligence
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Smart Phones and Trust
University of Virginia Psychologist Konstadin Kushlev wrote recently about smart phones and trust. His notion was relying upon your smart phone makes you less likely to ask people information (e.g., directions, news, etc.). After all, it is easier to just look at your phone for advice as opposed to asking a friend, colleague, or neighbor.…
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Metaanalysis on Disengagement Reasons
Windisch, Simi, Sott Ligon, and McNeel (2017) provide a unique metaanalysis on disengagement studies. Expanding beyond the typical terrorism disengagement, Windisch et al. (2017) discuss the gamut including disengagement from religious cults, street gangs, and nonviolent social movements. While there are multiple, independently personal factors to bring about these disengagements, most happen because of disillusion,…
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Another Standoff Looming?
Two days ago, President Obama designated 300,000 acres surrounding Gold Butte, Nevada, as a national monument. This is the area where Cliven Bundy first had a standoff with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials in 2004. Eventually, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other agencies retreated (for lack of a better word) than…
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Palantir
The Verge recently posted an article regarding Palatir and its usage for tracking immigrants. Having been trained and used this software, I can agree it is quite powerful. It is like a visualized Access database with a pulse.