May 2013
Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics: What the... →
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climateadaptation:
This page examines the science and common arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like ‘global warming is caused by the sun’, ‘temperature has changed naturally in the past’ or ‘other planets are warming too’ are examined to see what the science really says.
An excellent resource to bookmark.
“Bill Gates, speaking to the Royal Academy of Engineers in London last March,...”
– How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach - Brian Till - The Atlantic
“So much ink has been spilled deriding the false concept of a “Facebook friend,”...”
– I’m still here: back online after a year without the internet | The Verge
Gerd adds: great piece - must read’
“Bill Gates, speaking to the Royal Academy of Engineers in London last March,...”
– How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach - Brian Till - The Atlantic
“At such prices, Mulligan is skeptical that streaming services will ever be able...”
– What Google’s Move Against Spotify Could Mean for Music - Businessweek
Gerd adds: totally agree on thar
“At such prices, Mulligan is skeptical that streaming services will ever be able...”
– What Google’s Move Against Spotify Could Mean for Music - Businessweek
Gerd adds: totally agree on thar
“This shrinking pie is hardly an incentive to make more music, notes Dediu. “The...”
– What Google’s Move Against Spotify Could Mean for Music - Businessweek
“On a normal weeknight, Netflix accounts for almost a third of all Internet...”
– Netflix, Reed Hastings Survive Missteps to Join Silicon Valley’s Elite - Businessweek
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In the future, you will be able to send a robot...”
– Google’s Schmidt Talks Human Rights and Tech, Unveils Latest Chrome
““In the next five to ten years, another 5 billion people will join the...”
– Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on the New Digital Age
““In the next five to ten years, another 5 billion people will join the...”
– Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on the New Digital Age
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What Google's Move Against Spotify Could Mean for... →
Of course, the music industry has a long tradition of separating a song’s profit from its creators. Still, wrote Krukowski, “the ways in which musicians are screwed have changed qualitatively, from individualized swindles to systemic ones.”
“Look at Google’s self-drive car. In 2005, the winner of the DARPA Grand...”
– Filling In The Gaps With Tim O’Reilly
“Autocratic regimes don’t stay in power for decades by governing randomly;...”
– How Social Media Is Changing the Cultural Landscape - The European
“In a report released this morning, the International Labour Organization...”
– Generation jobless soon to become generation hopeless – Quartz
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Some nuggets: Charting technology’s new... →
You’d like to see that happening again now. But the data show that it just isn’t happening as fast. We’re having the automation and the job destruction; we’re not having the creation at the same pace. There’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to find these new jobs. It may be that machines are better than that.
That said, I’m not sure that’s a bad thing, because ultimately the purpose of economic...
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Filling In The Gaps With Tim O’Reilly: some great... →
O’Reilly argues that the concept of a business that exists solely for the purpose of making money for its shareholders is fundamentally flawed. Every business has an obligation to create value.
Gerd adds: great summary of where the future of capitalism is going !
“Let’s face it, the existing way of finding a job and making connections is just...”
– LinkedIn is 10 years old today: Here’s the story of how it changed the way we work - The Next Web
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The Global Youth Jobless Crisis: A Tragic Mess... →
A new study from the International Labor Organization takes a global tour of youth joblessness and finds that what’s gone up won’t come down in the next five years. The youth unemployment rate* among the richest countries is projected to flat-line, rather than fall, before 2018. As a result, the global Millennial generation could be uniquely scarred by the economic downturn. Research by Lisa Kahn...
“Google chief Eric Schmidt sounds equally as open to those kind of changes...”
– Wait, Is Google Glass Really Going to Be Illegal? - Rebecca Greenfield - The Atlantic Wire
Gerd adds: this will be interesting to watch evolve;)
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“In the industrial era, labor unrest came when the workers felt that the owners...”
– Are You Ready for the Quantified Enterprise? | Innovation Insights | Wired.com
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“I’ve been following the work of Gerd Leonhard for a few years. His presentation...”
– Is Gerd Leonhard Right About The Future Of Music Business?
Nice post about my music-related work. Thanks Andy!!
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“Tim O’Reilly is a guy that you should really pay attention to. He’s been a...”
– Filling In The Gaps With Tim O’Reilly
Good summary; I am a great fan of Tim’s work as well
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“Imagine a part in your car sending a malfunction signal that schedules your car...”
– Contextual Search Gaining Ground In The Internet Of Things - Technology News - redOrbit
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“Location is part of what experts call “contextual search,” which becomes even...”
– Forget Searching For Content - Content Is About To Start Searching For You – ReadWrite
“The rise of the Internet of Things means billions of physical objects will soon...”
– How The Internet Of Things Will Revolutionize Search – ReadWrite
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What will the future hold? →
futuresagency:
Futurist and Futures Agency member Ross Dawson speculates on what technologies will be common in the year 2030.
nice clip with my buddy Ross Dawson (just past the annoying commercial)
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“Many fear that a robotic takeover of manufacturing jobs will keep humans out of...”
– Robots at Work: Toward a Smarter Factory | World Future Society
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“The custodian of the world’s biggest online encyclopaedia says that unless...”
– BBC News - Jimmy Wales: Boring university lectures ‘are doomed’
“Likening it to a dangerous weapon in the hands of a child, he says the advance...”
– BBC News - How are humans going to become extinct?
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How Augmented Reality Is The Next Big Social... →
destx:
First coined in 1990 by Tom Caudell, a researcher at aircraft manufacturer Boeing, ‘augmented reality’ used to refer to a head-mounted digital display worn by aircraft technician to guide them in the assembly of electrical wires in aircrafts.
Today, the fundamental idea remains in the definition of AR, which according to Digital Trend is “the interaction of superimposed graphics, audio...
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“Is Technology Making Our Lives Richer Or Poorer? A conversation between Nicholas...”
– Is Technology Making Our Lives Richer Or Poorer?
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“Obesity is a bigger health crisis globally than hunger, and the leading cause of...”
– Global report: Obesity bigger health crisis than hunger - CNN.com
“Just last week, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt, whose company owns...”
– YouTube May Launch Paid-Subscription Model: Report | Economy Watch
“New technologies are being used to send pictures of your cat halfway around the...”
– Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times - May. 1, 2013
“He contrasted the future of Twitter with that of The New York Times, a print...”
– Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times - May. 1, 2013
“A new survey from Cone Communications reveals that there’s still a big “green...”
– The Gap Between What Consumers Say And Do About Green Brands | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
“The implications for learning in all this change are fundamental. With the...”
– LSG - Opening keynote
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