We are so close to the beginning of the quantum computing revolution. Imagine it's 1947 and the transistor has just been invented, and the full potential won't...
Even pre-tech-singularity, there is so much plenty that the cost of living is actually quite close to zero. Ideas (and reality) about gift economics seem like...
What is life? Can we make it? August 2004 Is "synthetic biology" on the point of making life? Unlike genetic engineering or biotechnology, the new discipline...
Pirsig has Phaedrus saying that "The purpose of scientific method is to select a single truth from among many hypothetical truths." But this isn't the case at...
This morning, right after I'd read Part II of Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I read an email: "Your nanotechnology site is...
From the World Intellectual Property Report http://www.bna.com/products/ip/wipr.htm Comment and Analysis R&D Outsourcing to India The continuing slump in...
... I'll answer in parts. ... I think people on bafuture have "enough common sense" to apply the laws. For example if you anticipate continued doubling of...
In some cases, gift-giving can be an act of prestige-building. I'm thinking of potlatches, but I'm sure that even in less showy societies, the giving of...
I did not remember there is any paper that connects information system and gift-giving system in economics literature. But I think this is a very interesting...
Joschka posits: Well...the problem with the author and the object of his complaint is it's too provincial a focus and definition. Disruptive technology is...
... The word "system" is a legacy from Jane Jacobs' book _Systems of Survival_ in which she describes the Guardian and Commercial "ethical systems." Pat...
Some of your examples are amusingly original. The ones I hear cited more often as disruptive in this sense are DVRs, WiFi, software radio, quantum computing,...
This couldn't possibly be true, kid! The 'relative' overall value is destroyed if the "victim" has no concept of what's the 'parts', as you example are being...
Greetings from joschka fischer: Yea, but once again..my complaint is the author is to focused on a narro niche. In his or your scenario you have to rely on...
de joschka fischer re: The parts being worth less than the whole and negative sum? Hogwash! I give you another example. The war in Iraq. The spent munitions...
Defining “disruptive technology” as a low-performance, less expensive technology is much confusing. What I prefer to say about those technologies would be...
The Economist magazine says most of their money is from research grants but they don't have a product. However, if [my opinion] like a Resin company they make...
About nano related work. Hmmm. Speculating... First, renaming. You get existing industries that expand their businesses by including nanotech in products. So...
In "Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition" published by Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job opportunities created by nanotechnology is only related...
Greetings: I think Occupational Outlook Handbook took the easy way out. But, yea.. Mechanical Engineers would fit the category as per Harard's page and the...
Does your employer own your brain? Short answer: YES -- If you didn't read the fine print on your employment contract. Long answer... [really crappy PDF]...
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_49/b3658020.htm It's a more systematic way of working. Claims multiple orders of magnitude improvement in quality, and...
I know, but look at the date--the article's five years old. It hasn't caught on because businesses have found an easier way to cut the costs of software...
I replied this directly to Chris earlier, instead of to the group, so am repeating myself. This (CMM) is good stuff, but it's not current. The SEI is...
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