The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Are jobs obsolete?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/07/rushkoff.jobs.obsolete/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
I was sort of thinking along these lines when I was working on my trillion person population paper (which has sort of faded away, like so many of my writing projects, largely because no one seems …
Got to be read to be believed:
Court Approves Lawsuit Against Toyota Over Cyberstalking Ad Stunt
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/toyota-punkd/
I am sure that the executives at Toyota had no idea what was going on, it was some flunky somewhere way down the …
School: It’s way more boring than when you were there
New studies show that the disappearance of art, music and even recess is having a devastating effect on kids
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/09/14/denvir_school/index.html
To me, this is a really scary statement:
“When reading …
The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576557610352019804.html
“Only in a world where irony is dead could people not marvel …
The Petraeus projection: The CIA director’s record since the surge
Hero worship hides the military failures of the CIA director’s “global killing machine”
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/03/petraeus_projection/singleton/
This is a very interesting article that lays out pretty well what I personally feel is …
The national police state isn’t on its way, it is already here…
So much evidence, there’s no need to show it
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/03/awlaki_7/singleton/
So easy for everyone to ignore ‘just this one case’ until they start to add up the number …
Is Violence Finished?
In our era of wars, genocide, and terrorism, Steven Pinker says we’re more peaceful than ever.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/10/02/steven-pinker-s-better-angels-of-our-nature-review.html
I have read similar reports in the past. I would imagine as violence becomes less common it attracts more attention …
A proposed demand for Occupy Wall Street
Let’s tackle the debt that actually matters
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/a_proposed_demand_for_occupy_wall_street/singleton/
Yes, the ‘moral hazard’ is still there, but as the author points out, how is that one tiny bit different than Goldman Sachs reporting record …
An interesting article that tries to discuss a complex subject:
The End of Evil?
Neuroscientists suggest there is no such thing. Are they right?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_spectator/2011/09/does_evil_exist_neuroscientists_say_no_.html
In my view ‘evil’ is a subjective thing and will always remain so. People who …
Just in case you thought there were any vestiges of privacy left…
Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying
By harnessing the vast wealth of publicly available cloud-based data, researchers are taking facial recognition technology to unprecedented levels
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/cloud-powered-facial-recognition-is-terrifying/245867/
Couple this with …