Archive for the 'Future' Category
The minimal Katrina cottages are appealing to many that weren’t the target demographic at all. Many are discovering that they don’t want a McMansion, or anything even close to it, and are very happy to have something that is small, well designed and not too expensive to heat, and capable of fitting on a [...]
As the knowledge economy migrates away from static knowledge, such as fixed information, and develops the ability to deal more and more with meta-processes, it’s developing tools such as evolutionary computing. Evolutionary computing finds an answer by massive numbers of trial and error iterations, eventually ‘evolving’ a design that meets a set of criteria. [...]
An interesting paper, by Jonathan Remy Nash, which hypothesizes that the precautionary principle may have legal standing, based on current case law. Not at all an insignificant issue, considering the refusal of the present US administration to give adequate credence to environmental concerns, and that many environmental issues will therefore be tried in the [...]
An interesting site, Who is sick, collects data from folks who volunteer the symptoms of their sickness. It then displays this information, in a clear, graphic way, which conveys a few of the key symptoms by use of a color-coded pie chart. Seems like a site that has the potential, if [...]
John Robb’s book Brave New War is out, for awhile now, and I’ve just read some excerpts and reviews. I have every expectation that it is an excellent book, but of course I do have to read it first. I had enjoyed being a frequent commentator over at Global Guerillas and I enjoyed [...]
Since it’s Memorial Day, I thought it would be good to do a post on the military, and how they are or aren’t reacting to global warming. There hasn’t been a lot of action, but there is every indication that that’s about to change. An interesting study, National Security and the Threat of [...]
Some new developments that reinforce an observation I’d made that the emerging world-wide IP landscape will become one that is divided into two differing regimes. One, centered on the USA, is built on strong restrictions on the free transfer of certain types of information. The two cornerstones of this restricted space are [...]
As noted in the previous post, there are some slight ripples in the American Press that indicates the American Press Corps has finally woken up. The ‘question as a headline’ phenomena is certainly a good start. But I believe we are about to find out if the press is capable of doing its job, [...]
With, as a special bonus, a pop quiz to test the e_f reader…
Since they passed their pet food test with flying colors, it seems the USDA is considering allowing China to import chickens, for human consumption. Nothing, apparently, can stop the relentless wave of globalized ‘free trade’ certainly not something so stupid [...]
It’s interesting to see the parallels between the corporate power advocates, found at such sites as The Progress and Freedom Foundation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, or the Association for Competitive Technology and old style authoritarians, such as Fascists and Communists. Of course, they both have a common goal, which is to oppress, [...]
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