Reading List 2009
To Be Sorted
Here are some salient resources for appropriate technology open source information:
- Large list of downloadable books - http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM direct download of all tittles 13GB large
- How to Make Everything - http://www.howtomakeeverything.com/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
- Honeybee Network - http://www.sristi.org/hbnew/index.php
- National Innovation Foundation (India) - http://nifindia.org
- Village Earth's AT Library
- Appropedia
- Soil and Health Library
- Related OpenCourseWare Material
- Large pole shift survivalist (!!!) collection some need verification and some contain claims not confirmed by specialists
- Autonopedia
Online Education
Online education or e-learning is the need of the hour. Due to the advent of Internet and IT enabled services whole education system in India is undergoing a transitional phase and increasingly getting a different shape which was completely unknown to our predecessors only a few decades back. Traditional classroom based education system has taken a back-seat and has been gradually replaced by an e-learning system having no geographical barrier.
Today, artificial intelligence is one of the emerging technologies which are capable of altering every aspect of our social interactions. In education, AI has begun producing new teaching and learning solutions that are now undergoing testing in different contexts. This paper will let the stakeholders in education sector to understand the extent to which AI will be used in the education and its perceived benefits. This paper provides examples of use of AI in education, particularly in developing countries like India wherein providing education to all is seen as one of the sustainable development goals.
MME AUDREY AZOULAY, DIRECTORGENERAL, UNESCO writes “In the field of education, AI is expected to have a significant impact, transforming the way teachers work by offering new teaching aids. It could revolutionize the way in which students learn through personalised learning and through greater access to knowledge thus also potentially facilitating more inclusive education. Clearly, the possibilities are tremendous.”
Books
Theory
- [[1]] - Small is Beautiful
- The Art of Peace - Morihei Ueshiba
- The Art of War - Sun Tzu
- Go Rin No Sho - Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi
Homesteading
Fabrication
- There are a wide variety of books that go beyond the average how-two available from Gingery publishing.
Political
- The Grand Chessboard - Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Final Empire - William H. Kötke
- Educational library
- Tradgedy and Hope - Carrol Quigley
- [ Philip Dru: Administrator - Edward Mandel House]
Films
This is a list of movies on the internet about many subjects that may help in understanding what is going on. Have fun learning about the world! They're in a general order for each subject to build upon the information in the previous movies. Many of them may not be entirely truthful or tell all sides of the story, but after watching many of them you might be able to start putting things together.
Media
Century of the Self (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)
Food
King Corn Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
The World According to Monsanto
Education
John Taylor Gatto: Classrooms of the Heart
Interview with John Taylor Gatto
(etc.)
Freedom
The Philosophy of Liberty (flash)
Liberty: The American Revolution (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6)
Money and Debt
David Walker - (CNN: "Economic Disaster Ahead", America's Financial Future (Part 1) (Part 2), 60 Minutes interview, Glen Beck interview, etc)- David M. Walker: Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO.gov), from 1998 to 2008 (Resigned after 10 years into 15 year term.)
Argentina's 2001 Economic Collapse
Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve
Creature From Jekyll Island - "A Second Look at the Federal Reserve"
Commanding Heights (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
Foreign Policy/War
George Tenet interviewed on 60 Minutes: April 29, 2007 (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)- George Tenet: Director of Central Intelligence, from 1997 to 2004
Paul O'Neil interviewed on 60 Minutes: Jan. 2004 (Part 1) (Part 2)- Paul O'Neill: Secretary of the Treasury, from Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2002
The War Tapes - Filmed by the soldiers themselves in Iraq
Trucking in Iraq (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
The Power of Nightmares (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
Sir! No Sir! - "The G.I. Revolt"
The Constitution in Crisis with Bill Moyers of PBS, about the National Security Council and CIA
The influence of AIPAC on US Foreign Policy
The Iron Triangle - "The Carlyle Group"
Power Structures of Society
The Roots of the UN - New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani presents the U.N. Secretary General and a short history of the United Nations and the Rockefeller family on C-SPAN
Carroll Quigley: Tragedy and Hope
An Inside View of International Banking
Corporations
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Walmart: High Cost of Low Prices
Politicians
Elections
Societal Dilemmas
What to do?
Articles
Music
Websites
Engineers without Borders technical Resources Docs and media about many subjects water, energy, civil engineering, etc.