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Kettling Wikileaks | DefectiveByDesign.org - 1 views

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INF politics opensource

shared by LeopoldS on 21 Dec 10 - No Cached

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LeopoldS on 21 Dec 10

sympathetic point of view ... I am sure Francesco will appreciate ...

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Luís F. Simões on 22 Dec 10

the great Richard Stallman ( http://xkcd.com/225/ ). Nice article indeed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the great Richard Stallman ( <a href="http://xkcd.com/225/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/225/</a> ). Nice article indeed.</div>

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Wired and Shrewd, Young Egyptians Guide Revolt - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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technology politics

shared by LeopoldS on 10 Feb 11 - No Cached

LeopoldS on 10 Feb 11

nice account how some tech savvyness helps in these situations

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What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation. - 5 views

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technology innovation space politic MAD

shared by Joris _ on 04 Feb 11 - No Cached

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Joris _ on 04 Feb 11

If I could write, this is exactly what I would write about rocket, GO, and so on... :) "we are decadent and tired. But none of the bright young up-and-coming economies seem to be interested in anything besides aping what the United States and the USSR did years ago. We may, in other words, need to look beyond strictly U.S.-centric explanations for such failures of imagination and initiative. ... Those are places we need to go if we are not to end up as the Ottoman Empire of the 21st century, and yet in spite of all of the lip service that is paid to innovation in such areas, it frequently seems as though we are trapped in a collective stasis." "But those who do concern themselves with the formal regulation of "technology" might wish to worry less about possible negative effects of innovation and more about the damage being done to our environment and our prosperity by the mid-20th-century technologies that no sane and responsible person would propose today, but in which we remain trapped by mysterious and ineffable forces."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If I could write, this is exactly what I would write about rocket, GO, and so on... :) "we are decadent and tired. But none of the bright young up-and-coming economies seem to be interested in anything besides aping what the United States and the USSR did years ago. We may, in other words, need to look beyond strictly U.S.-centric explanations for such failures of imagination and initiative. ... Those are places we need to go if we are not to end up as the Ottoman Empire of the 21st century, and yet in spite of all of the lip service that is paid to innovation in such areas, it frequently seems as though we are trapped in a collective stasis." "But those who do concern themselves with the formal regulation of "technology" might wish to worry less about possible negative effects of innovation and more about the damage being done to our environment and our prosperity by the mid-20th-century technologies that no sane and responsible person would propose today, but in which we remain trapped by mysterious and ineffable forces."</div>

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Ma Ru on 04 Feb 11

Very interesting, though I'm amused how the author tends to (subconsciously?) shift the blame to non-US dictators :-) Suggestion that in absence of cold war US might have abandoned HB and ICBM programmes is ridiculous.

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Luís F. Simões on 04 Feb 11

Interesting, this was written by Neal Stephenson ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson#Works ). Great article indeed. The videos of the event from which this arose might be equally interesting: Here Be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future http://newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons "To employ a commonly used metaphor, our current proficiency in rocket-building is the result of a hill-climbing approach; we started at one place on the technological landscape-which must be considered a random pick, given that it was chosen for dubious reasons by a maniac-and climbed the hill from there, looking for small steps that could be taken to increase the size and efficiency of the device."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting, this was written by Neal Stephenson ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson#Works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson#Works</a> ). Great article indeed. The videos of the event from which this arose might be equally interesting: Here Be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future <a href="http://newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons</a> "To employ a commonly used metaphor, our current proficiency in rocket-building is the result of a hill-climbing approach; we started at one place on the technological landscape-which must be considered a random pick, given that it was chosen for dubious reasons by a maniac-and climbed the hill from there, looking for small steps that could be taken to increase the size and efficiency of the device."</div>

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Joris _ on 04 Feb 11

You know Luis, when I read this quote, I could help thinking about GO, which would be kind of ironic considering the context but not far from what happens in the field :p

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LeopoldS on 05 Feb 11

Fantastic!!!

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LeopoldS on 05 Feb 11

Would have been nice if it were historically more accurate and less polemic / superficial

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pacome delva on 14 Feb 11

mmmh... the wheel is also an old invention... there is an idea behind but this article is not very deepfull, and I really don't think the problem is with innovation and lack of creative young people !!! look at what is done in the financial sector...

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China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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china internet AI politics

shared by LeopoldS on 27 May 11 - No Cached

LeopoldS on 27 May 11

forced to play WOW ...

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Make Way for the Radical Center - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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LeopoldS on 25 Jul 11

interesting initiative ...

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The Senate has "saved" JWST? Hang on a sec, folks… | Bad Astronomy | Discover... - 2 views

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science space politics NASA

shared by LeopoldS on 16 Sep 11 - No Cached

LeopoldS on 16 Sep 11

JWST apparently saved but what has been cancelled (Mars mission in 2018???? :-( )

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Next German gov't to cut solar subsidies - Boston.com - 1 views

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renewable_energy politics

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Nina Nadine Ridder on 14 Oct 09

Only took 2.5 weeks till they make stupid decisions...

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PLoS ONE: Dominance, Politics, and Physiology: Voters' Testosterone Changes on the Nigh... - 1 views

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behaviour social

shared by LeopoldS on 23 Oct 09 - Cached

LeopoldS on 23 Oct 09

what does this tell about male behaviour ?? :-)

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World Bank Initiates Carbon Footprint Analysis | Worldwatch Institute - 0 views

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sustainability carbon CO2 politics

shared by LeopoldS on 03 Aug 09 - Cached

LeopoldS on 03 Aug 09

good small step in the right direction :-)

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The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online - 0 views

www.wired.com/...nep_newsocialism

politics web

shared by LeopoldS on 27 May 09 - Cached

LeopoldS on 27 May 09

very nice article ... and we need a new word for this!

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Former Astronaut Bolden to Be Interviewed for Top NASA Job - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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politics US NASA

shared by LeopoldS on 16 May 09 - Cached

LeopoldS on 16 May 09

good sign??

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US Budget 2007.jpg 3000×2000 Pixel - 0 views

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US politics

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - No Cached

ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09

nice visual graph of US budget ...

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