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The Fierce Urgency of “How”
The Fierce Urgency of “How” When we have reconsidered the lives we have built, how will we live? There is only one pathway to avert the crisis humanity is heading toward, and it is to deeply feel the connection with the ecosystem we are a part of. But understand, this is not an ecological argument, […]
The Global Economy in 2018
Getty Images The Global Economy in 2018 The global economy will confront serious challenges in the months and years ahead, and looming in the background is a mountain of debt that makes markets nervous – and that thus increases the system’s vulnerability to destabilizing shocks. Yet the baseline scenario seems to be one of […]
Data, Power, And War
Data, Power, And War We’ve built a power structure that leaves the public good begging at the door. This must change. image Over the past few years I’ve been looking for a grand unifying theory that explains my growing discomfort with technology, an industry for which I’ve been a mostly unabashed cheerleader these past three decades. I […]
Europe Is Flirting with a Disaster for Free Speech
Europe Is Flirting with a Disaster for Free Speech The controversial Article 13 is getting some push-back from some officials, but it isn’t dead yet. Freedom of speech is undoubtedly one of the most important features of any democratic society. Without it, knowledge could not be shared, injustices could not be called out, and the […]
Is The EIA Overestimating The U.S. Shale Boom?
Is The EIA Overestimating The U.S. Shale Boom? The American shale boom may be overstated by the U.S. Energy Department, according to a new MIT study that suggests the agency may be over-attributing a rise in shale drilling to technological advances. “The EIA is assuming that productivity of individual wells will continue to rise as […]
Where the Government Fear-Porn Propaganda Industry is Headed
Where the Government Fear-Porn Propaganda Industry is Headed Sometimes I wish I had no conscience or morals. Then I could go to work for the government writing fear propaganda. Killer robots are the latest terror. But there are so many takes on it! It’s like Josef Goebbels’ dream to have so much material to work with. […]
Fed Official Decries Bitcoin as “Not Backed”
Fed Official Decries Bitcoin as “Not Backed” Bitcoin is backed by the use value of the distributed ledger in the underlying technology of the Blockchain. Randal K. Quarles, a Trump administration appointee to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Vice Chair for bank supervision, has given a lengthy speech (“Thoughts on Prudent Innovation in […]
Why People Will Happily Line Up to be Microchipped Like Dogs
Why People Will Happily Line Up to be Microchipped Like Dogs So…some people actually want to be microchipped like a dog. They’re lining up for it. They’re having parties to get it done. It if isn’t available to them, they’re totally bummed out. I’m not even going to venture into the religious aspect of having […]
How to Protect Yourself Online, No Matter Your Security Needs
How to Protect Yourself Online, No Matter Your Security Needs Find a balance between security and convenience that is appropriate for your life. Almost every week, it seems that there is some kind of major security breach. Whether celebrity nudes, the social security numbers of the majority of Americans, or a Bitcoin heist, it seems […]
Will The Third Great Energy Revolution End The Oil & Gas Industry?
Will The Third Great Energy Revolution End The Oil & Gas Industry? The history of crude oil and natural gas is a history of technological innovation. Until recently the innovation supported crude oil and natural gas. Now, it challenges it, causing structural changes in the crude oil and natural gas markets. Originally, crude oil was […]
