The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
But What Would the End of Humanity Mean for Me? Preeminent scientists are warning about serious threats to human life in the not-distant future, including climate change and superintelligent computers. Most people don’t care. Sometimes Stephen Hawking writes an article that both mentions Johnny Depp and strongly warns that computers are an imminent threat to …
Right thing, doing finally. The Next Startup Craze: Food 2.0 Silicon Valley investors and startups are trying to improve our food. Do they bring anything to the table? By Ted Greenwald MIT Technology Review May 7, 2014 EXTRACT: Hampton Creek Foods and other startups have big dreams of restructuring the food supply so that it …
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Here we have a pretty realistic take on the state of the U.S. nuclear industry. We have been so lucky not to have had a crisis like Chernobyl. Click through to see the supporting graphics. Our Nuclear Infrastructure Is a Radioactive Time Bomb BRENDAN SCOTT – Vice News The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has had a …
Three Strategies For Managing The Economy Of Access Forbes, 2 May 2014 We live in an exceptional moment in history. Gigantic changes are under way in society. Everything we do is being re-invented—how we live, how we work, how we play, how we communicate, even how we think and how we feel. The first thing …
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Peter Linebaugh 5.0 out of 5 stars David Bollier’s Review is Better, This Is My Attempt, April 21, 2014 I was very impressed by David Bollier’s review of this book at his web site (look for < “Stop, Thief!” – Peter Linebaugh’s New Collection of Essays > and am encouraging him to port that excellent …
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Summary: 1. Deep State 2. Oligarchs (1%) 3. New Nobility 4. Upper Caste 5. State Nomenklatura (9% with Upper Caste) 6. Middle Class (20%) 7. Working Poor (30%) 8. State Dependents (20%) 9. Mobile Creatives (8%) America’s Nine Classes: The New Class Hierarchy Eight of the nine classes are hidebound by conventions, neofeudal and …
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Never mind the 4% completion rate, still a useful starting point. Take college and university courses online completely free In recent years massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become a trend in online education. The term was coined in 2008 by David Cormier, manager of web communications and innovations at the University of Prince Edward …
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