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Jerome Glenn: State of the Future — How Are We Doing?

Jerome C. Glenn co-founded and directs the Millennium Project, a leading global participatory think tank supported by international organizations, governments, corporations, and NGOs, which produces the internationally recognized State of the Future annual reports for the past 14 years. State of the Future Executive Summary A review of the trends of the 28 variables used …

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Chuck Spinney: Afghan Disaster…Rooted in Western Ignorance and Western Lies

The Afghan adventure is ending in a disaster.  The outsiders are again leaving with their tails between their legs.  This will be the fourth time for the Brits.  For the U.S. Afghanistan is just another disaster in what what is becoming a dreary pattern of military failures at ever higher costs.  Predictably, President Obama’s surge …

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Jean Lievens: Toward a Salutary Political Economy – Freedom from Jobs

Toward a Salutary Political-Economy – Freedom from Jobs By Elliot Sperber While gains have certainly been made toward a more inclusive, egalitarian society over the half-century since Martin Luther King delivered his iconic I Have a Dream Speech (as part of the March for Jobs and Justice in Washington, D.C.), in many respects – particularly …

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Sepp Hasslberger: Graphene Batteries for 5-Second iPhone Charging (Non-Toxic, Inexpensive)

Sepp’s Insight: I believe this is the jump in battery technology that will make life with electronic devices much easier and that will give a boost to electric cars and other transport… Graphene Batteries Offer 5-Second iPhone Charging Researchers at UCLA have discovered a way to make graphene batteries that charge super fast, are inexpensively …

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