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Month: October 2011

A very interesting take…

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Society

Toyota gets creepy…

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Uncategorized

It sucks to be a student!

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Education

The Latest Crime Wave

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Politics

Manufacturing the police state

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Politics

Opps, it is already here…

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Politics

More not-bad news

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Psychology

Finally, a good idea

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Politics

What is evil?

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Psychology

Privacy is already dead…

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 …

Author TfouiPosted on October 27, 2011Categories Infosec

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