I was wandering around the Lifeboat Foundation website when I came upon this interesting little article. It’s essentially a laundry list of things that should and can be done to help prevent mass extinction of the human species.
Some make sense, others are a little silly, and still others are terrible. Like getting rid of Globalization, [...]
There are many philosophers who claim that the most rational default mental position is one of pessimism; while I understand where they are coming from (pessimistic people are more careful, more discriminating), I have to disagree. Given sufficient evidence, I think we should be as pessimistic or as optimistic as is justified by the situation; [...]
What does this tell us about the future of computer-human interfacing?
In 2005, the online chess-playing site Playchess.com hosted what it called a “freestyle” chess tournament in which anyone could compete in teams with other players or computers.
…Lured by the substantial prize money, several groups of strong grandmasters working with several computers at the same time [...]
I have often been skeptical of people who claim they can predict and understand something as complex as what some economists call ‘the market’; and I’m even more suspicious of politician’s predictions:
This graph should speak for itself.
Some people will try to use this information to say the stimulus and recovery plans are [...]
I found this video at the Everyday Economist (which is now part of my links list.) Scott Sumner at The Money Illusion (also part of my links list) has something to say about it:
I find this a jaw-dropping illustration of the fruits of 4.5 million years of human evolution since “Ardi.” The cognitive arms [...]
Watch as Prof. David Zetland explains how to sell a dollar for more then a dollar:
