Economist Intelligence Unit: Top 10 Threats to the Global Economy

China, Terrorism and Trump: The Top 10 Threats to the Global Economy A new assessment breaks down the biggest risks to international markets. China’s Economy Tanks Russia Sparks a New Cold War Currency Volatility Leads to Debt Crisis The European Union Cracks ‘Grexit” Breaks Up Eurozone President Trump Terrorism UK Leaves the EU Clash in …

Robert Steele: Advanced Scale Computing — Probably Not in Our Lifetime…

Advanced Scale Computing – Probably Not In Our Lifetime Unless we embrace Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) In the ideal, Advanced Scale Computing (ASC) would be holistic – integrating all information across all disciplines, languages, domains, and modes of cyber space-time. ASC today does not integrate all measurements such as true cost economics (e.g. natural …

2016 Robert Steele: The Ultimate Hack – Resilient Villages, Smart Cities, Prosperous Nations at Peace — and Unlimited Clean Water

This briefing has been prepared for the BRICS + Indonesia and Iran — and other nations such as Brunei, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — as a means of fostering a conversation about the future of Earth and humanity —  there are solutions that are affordable, interoperable, and scalable. SHORT URL (This Post): …

Jean Lievens: Social Costs of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Here Are The New Social Risks Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution Christophe Degryse, Social Europe, 29 February 2016 But this 4th industrial revolution also contains its share of new risks in the world of labour, including the ‘remake’ of existing jobs, the destruction of many of them, the relocation of countless others. For society as …

Berto Jongman: Pirate Science — Are Elsevier & Thomson Reuters Joining Bloomberg in the Tarpit?

Russian Researcher Illegally Shares Millions of Science Papers Free Online Welcome to the Pirate Bay of science A researcher in Russia has made more than 48 million journal articles – almost every single peer-reviewed paper every published – freely available online. And she’s now refusing to shut the site down, despite a court injunction and a lawsuit …