Introduction Consumerism is the major cause of global warming and wrecking the planet for future generations. It is driven by a growth economy that favors the ever-expanding consumption of the […]
FREE MONEY: THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF A BASIC INCOME SUPPLIED BY GOVERNMENT
This is an interesting signal related to idea of universal basic income and uses a decades old effort as an exemplar – well worth the read. The casino money made […]
Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens
Altogether over 2 billion people are engaged in systems that embed them in a context of a form of moral accounting – from ‘likes’ to ratings. The Chinese government plans […]
Cryptocurrency mining affects over 500 million people. And they have no idea it is happening.
What is not emerging is a truly different business model for 21st Century media. Clay Shirkey said Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. Real ‘fake news’ is just simply lying – […]
How the oligarchy wins: lessons from ancient Greece
The question is whether democracy will emerge from oligarchic breakdown – or whether the oligarchs will just strengthen their grasp on the levers of government. One of the primary threats […]
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