Howard Rheingold: SweetSearch for Students

About SweetSearch SweetSearch is a Search Engine for Students. It searches only the 35,000 Web sites that our staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved when creating the content on findingDulcinea. We constantly evaluate our search results and “fine-tune” them, by increasing the ranking of Web sites from organizations such …

Berto Jongman: The Russian Singularity Scheduled for 2045

Russia 2045: Will the Singularity Be Launched in Russia? Ben Goertzel Hplusmagazine Apr 12, 2012  Replayed in IEET For 3 days in late February, Russian businessman Dmitry Itskov gathered 500+ futurists in Moscow for a “Global Future 2045 Congress” – the latest manifestation of his “Russia 2045” movement. The Congress featured an impressive roster of …

Joshua Kilbourn: ShadowStats Truth on Unemployment versus USG Lies

John Williams – Unemployment Rate at a Staggering 22.2% John Williams, of Shadowstats, notes that manipulated government statistics are not changing the fact that the true SGS Unemployment Measure now sits at a staggering 22.2%.  Williams also demonstrates that despite the hype from Wall Street about a recovery, parts of the economy remain collapsed.  Here …

Chuck Spinney: The Afghanistan Disaster Part II – The Long Hard Costly Exit

Given Nato’s political problems with Pakistan, the Brits have elected to leave Afghanistan along the so-called Northern route to the Baltic Sea (see my 27 November posting, Afghan Dunkirk for discussion of the selection).  Now, as Bryan Brady and Jonathan Owen report in the Independent, the entirely predictable baksheesh game has begun. Think of what the far larger, more logistics-intensive US …

Dophin: Intelligent Life at Washington Post (Blog) — True Costs Snapshot

Every once in a while, there is a flash of intelligence at The Washington Post. This short blog illuminates both the true costs of various options around carbon emissions, and the importance of considering “360 degree” trade-offs. Sucking carbon dioxide out of the air: Neat idea, but impractical Posted by Brad Plumer at 03:01 PM …