Great meeting everyone at the salon last night; I look forward to more fascinating and thought provoking discussions at SAP and Pizza My Heart :) Mark, thanks...
... I don't understand this comment. "laissez-faire" types would have no problem with prosecuting fraud cases. Things like government granted monopolies and...
The problem I have with this discussion is the same annoyance with the singularity people: they never define their subject at hand ( or paragraph) and then as...
What's the rush? a) What is the proof that a computer introduced at k-6 or even k-12 helps in the education process significantly? If so, why have SAT scores...
JPMorgan to hire 4,500 Indians Financial times Monday Dec 5 2005 * ambitious plan for recuirtment of graduates *Offshoring expands into core activities *Move...
This is a precis of the full article from 1976. Technology is Not Enough: The Provision and Maintenance of Appropriate Water Supplies Intermediate Technology...
Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2005/12/the_future_of_a.html Since I've now relocated to NYC, I was able to attend a panel of contributors to a...
Thanks for the report, Kevin. I would also very much like to hear from anyone who goes to the SF event. Life, John -- Consciousness is our oxygen challenge....
from the "Technology ain't enough" department of joschka fischer: part I This is from the Journal Aqua, v1-2 1976. I had a hard copy during my 6.6 months...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post with links: http://www.futuresalon.org/2005/12/global_guerilla.html One of the sites that I am following, always with a little knot...
... I'd think it was a good thing. Terrorists live and breathe sensationalism. Quiet can also forestall panic, which is good even if circumstances are dire...
Wrote Kennita Watson: "Terrorists live and breath sensationalism." de Joschka Fischer: Uh...some of them are in it for the causes as well as the perceived and...
Yo...wait a minute, with the paranoia, here! Issue 1: Who's the real terrorist here: Self delusion, agent-provacateur, Bush-propaganda machine or your ...
Another bunch of questions/perspectives on Geurilla warfare on a global scale. When I fist came to California I worked on a program that "fiddled" with bank...
... I don't think it matters. Let me make a business analogy. There are thousands of tiny companies growing like gangbusters. It's extremely unlikely any one...
... That should say #5, I forgot to go back to the previous message and look it up. Sorry for all the mistakes, folks, I should take more time w/ these...
... Yesterday while walking, I saw a extremely hassidic looking jew with a bluetooth headset. Out of earshot, I couldn't stop chuckling for half a block. Later...
... Poking around a bit for references, I ran across this: http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html See the figures on "Indicators of societal...
from the "Hey! did you forget some things" dept. of joschka fischer: 1. Religion and the affects of good health, if not longer life. Which is what I belive the...
From the Guardian Londaon. Where there's smoke ... When the government last year downgraded it to a class C drug, the message seemed pretty clear: cannabis is ...
... I'd just like to note that whether or not a substance is good for you is a different question from whether or not it is helpful to imprison people for it's...
... Indeed. And not just "helpful" but even appropriate at all. There are many things that should be allowed ethically that are not moral. Somewhere along the...
from joschka fischer: You really need to elaborate here. Otherwise I don't understand what you're trying to say. Do you mean the Government, in proscribing...