Transcript of Bill Moyers interviews with Eliot Spitzer ("Market facilitator", Transparent Society; Every time we have found fundamental impropriety, whether it was the analysts, mutual funds, insurance, pharmaceuticals. And nobody in those sectors, not once, has any industry voice before we found the impropriety, has any self-regulatory body (Profession) stood up and said, "Wait a minute, guys, we've gotta problem. Stop.") and Richard Dawkins (Evolution vs Intelligent Design controversy; Once you understand how Darwinism works, then you could easily see that that's a far better, far more parsimonious, far more scientific explanation than intelligent design... Because I too feel there's something deep and incomprehensible, and so far, uncomprehended at least. But what Albert Einstein was not, and what I am not, is a believer in anything supernatural. Because I think that actually brings it down to a lower level. I think that the level of Einstein, where he was actually awestruck by the universe, and by the fundamental unsolved problems of the universe. To bring that down to the level of a personality who takes decisions, who designs things, who listens to prayers, who forgives sins, all of the things that supernatural gods are supposed to do, I think it diminishes it, and demeans it.).

Duena Blomstrom: You can't have WOW without the WOT. Agile is not project management or software development, agile is a transformative new way of looking at how we do things. All the things. (more)

Why Is Everyone So Lonely These Days? The leading expert on loneliness, John Cacioppo (who I mentioned earlier), has a simple acronym he recommends to combat loneliness. He dubs it “EASE.” (more)

John Cutler: Your Org Problems Are Not Unique. My friend works at a public company with a “15 year old, industry lagging approach to production”. The solution (to get from a 2 to 7.5) is out there for everyone to see, but progress has been held up for five years because “the head of engineering and the head of product have very different views on how to solve this.” (more)

A New Device Can Hear Your Thoughts. In early April, MIT research assistant Arnav Kapur, 24, uploaded a short video on YouTube. The clip showed him moving around campus in various settings wearing a white plastic contraption wrapped around the right side of his face. (SubVocal) (more)

Done is dead – welcome to outcome-driven development - SD Times. Welcome to the brave new world of outcome-driven development. Here, “done” means delivering measurable business value, not simply completing user stories. (more)

GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein. The articles include a series of allegations against Rod Rosenstein. (more)

John Spencer: Why Journalism Might Actually Be the Class of the Future. I’d argue that one of the most relevant subjects for developing a maker mindset is actually journalism (more)

Vox Media to Begin Licensing Publishing Technology Chorus. The company is beginning to license Chorus, the technology that underpins the portfolio of sites it owns and operates, including The Verge, Vox and Recode. (CMS) (more)

Martin Cagan: Product vs. IT Mindset | Silicon Valley Product Group. The role of the product organization is to consistently deliver significant new value to the business through continuous product innovation. (more)

Facebook security chief Alex Stamos quits, joins Stanford 'Information Warfare' group. Facebook's longtime Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos is quitting, as announced earlier this year. The company seems to think it doesn't need a new CSO, despite having just acknowledged Tuesday it is the subject of ongoing, sustained, coordinated information warfare attacks just ahead of the 2018 midterm elections (more)

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Facebook finds evidence of new campaign to influence midterm elections. Facebook revealed Tuesday that it has found evidence of a coordinated political influence campaign making use dozens of fake accounts and pages on its platform in advance of the November midterm elections. The social media company announced that it has removed 32 pages and accounts involved in “inauthentic behavior” on its platform. (more)

Ludvig Sunstrom: The 6 Fundamentals for Creating the Ultimate Commonplace Book System (more)

Facebook says it has uncovered a coordinated disinformation operation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. In particular, the pages promoted an event pegged as a counter-rally to a far-right march scheduled for next weekend in Washington D.C. Facebook said that the urgency of the upcoming rally prompted them to publicize the information, even though it is in the early stages of an investigation.

Brian Solis on Twitter101 guides to using Twitter for business (Social Media).

It's worth remembering in general that behind any law is the potential to put someone in jail for breaking it. (more)

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