Check out the latest issue of Technology Review, entire issue devoted to China and their coming dominance. Cover: CHINA RULES!
https://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/2019/01/
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- Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:56 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 30-Dec-18 World View -- Xi Jinping's speech on 'the humiliation of the Chinese nation for centuries'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13271
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:33 pm
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 24-Dec-18 World View -- Generational Dynamics analysis of the troop withdrawal from Syria
- Replies: 185
- Views: 316100
Re: 24-Dec-18 World View -- Generational Dynamics analysis of the troop withdrawal from Syria
Ok John, I'm the same age as you, and you're right, no sane HR person would hire either of us (I was a PhD in biotech). I would love to see you (or me) as a Walmart greeter, that would be a hoot. But I am confused by your thesis: (1) What happened to the US being the "policeman of the world"?You tol...
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:18 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 22-Dec-18 World View -- China's CPEC project in Pakistan turns military, marginalizing Balochistan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9509
Re: 22-Dec-18 World View -- China's CPEC project in Pakistan turns military, marginalizing Balochistan
"skrewed".. ..screwed + skewered
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 10:25 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 21-Dec-18 World View -- China hackers collect data on hundreds of millions of Americans and Westerners
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11776
Re: 21-Dec-18 World View -- China hackers collect data on hundreds of millions of Americans and Westerners
Darn, you beat me to it! All the way through your piece, I was thinking, " aliens, aliens, ALIENS DAMMIT!"
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:11 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 2-Dec-18 World View -- Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree to a 90 day moratorium in trade war
- Replies: 41
- Views: 39063
Re: 2-Dec-18 World View -- Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree to a 90 day moratorium in trade war
Yes, everybody IS superior! There's a chapter in Harari's new book ("21 Lessons for the 21st Century") called "Humility." Did you know that the Abraham invented yoga? Yes, those poses are all derivatives of Hebrew letters! Among other delicious insights, it's a wonderful read.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:09 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 14-Nov-18 World View -- Italy's Libya peace talk conference ends in drama but no resolution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8928
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:44 am
- Forum: Finance and Investments
- Topic: Financial topics
- Replies: 29822
- Views: 15888737
- Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:03 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 9-Oct-18 World View -- UN: We have just 12 years to prevent global warming catastrophe
- Replies: 40
- Views: 34042
Re: 9-Oct-18 World View -- UN: We have just 12 years to prevent global warming catastrophe
John confuses horse shit (local catastrophe) with ecosystem collapse (systemic catastrophe). But that's ok, our lord and savior technology will redeem us....or something....
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:20 pm
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 9-Oct-18 World View -- UN: We have just 12 years to prevent global warming catastrophe
- Replies: 40
- Views: 34042
Re: 9-Oct-18 World View -- UN: We have just 12 years to prevent global warming catastrophe
I prefer the Taleb, precautionary approach. Climate models and precautionary measures Joseph Norman†, Rupert Read§, Yaneer Bar-Yam†, Nassim Nicholas Taleb ⇤ †New England Complex Systems Institute, §School of Philosophy, University of East Anglia, ⇤School of Engineering, New York University Forthcomi...
- Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:00 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 13-Sep-18 World View -- EU Parliament censures Hungary for breaching 'core EU values'
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18574
Re: 13-Sep-18 World View -- EU Parliament censures Hungary for breaching 'core EU values'
Neither sanity nor statistics count with these people. But thanks for trying John.