June 2007
17 posts
The Official Website of Timothy Ferriss →
Author of the book “The 4-hour workweek”
Det Progressiva USA » Blog Archive » Kommer... →
Blog with pointer to previous article link…
Foreign Affairs - The Return of Authoritarian... →
Really interesting title! It seems from the short preview that he doesn’t mention the things I use to talk about i e the changing power structure due to radically boosted individual capabilities inheritant in moden communication technologies.
I can’t find this lates issue of Foreign Affairs on my universities electronic library yet though! Gahhh!
"Ratatouille" | Salon Arts & Entertainment →
I wonder when it is coming to Sweden? Couldn’t find it on the SF site…??
China now no. 1 in CO2 emissions; USA in second... →
Another source confirmning China is no 1 in CO2 emissions… It i always nice to have a confirmation that the defined bad guy is also turn up to really be the bad guy (*irony*)!
US failed with Saddam Hussein when they yelled “He’s got a gun!” when they stormed Iraque, but this time they seems to be right!
The Futurist: An Inconvenient Truth →
China is passing US in greenhouse gas emission per capita this year. Will this save US (or actually Bush’s) sorry ass when it comes to the environmental issues???
“As the technologist Stewart Brand argues: “Scenario planning ensures that...”
– Scenariotankar
RecruiterMagazine.co.uk - Foretelling future... →
Quote from text:
As the technologist Stewart Brand argues: “Scenario planning ensures that you are not always right about the future, but — better — that you are almost never wrong”
Emikrat-partiet Sveriges största utanför Riksdagen →
GM Tomato Tastes Better: Scientific American →
BBC NEWS | Business | The man who invented the... →
One giant step of outsourcing low qualified work. In this case not to a place on the globe with lower salaries, but to the customer. Alvin Toffler refers to this as an example of prosumtion and presents a rough calculation where about 200.000 teller jobs have disappeared in USA as a consequence of these machines and the more recent emergence of Internet banking.
Mobile Technology: 2012: Online Only Video: The... →
Younghee Jung leads a multidisciplinary research team at Nokia called “Insight and Innovation.” She talks about what to expect next from your mobile phone, the newest ideas in the pipeline, and the questions that Nokia is asking women. From “2012: Stories from the Near Future,” the 2007 New Yorker Conference.
Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim... →
Article about a military think tank report on the future. Seems to be a bit thin and strange but in a The Register article another journalist mentions an interesting forecast about a rising revolutionary middle class in opposition to the super rich class.
“According to recent research, warm water running over you body can stimulate the...”
– How Great Leaders Juggle Ideas - New York Times 