The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Privacy versus Efficiency
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/privacy_versus_efficiency/
Adams makes the idea of zero privacy sound very attractive. I am sure that for youth of today (probably anyone under 35) this ‘loss’ of privacy wouldn’t even be noticed. Barring biblical apocalypse or some such …
How doctors do harm
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/health/how-we-do-harm-brawley/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Astounding:
…American medicine is big business. It is about 18% of the U.S. economy and growing. The average cost of a health insurance policy for a family of four is $19,400 per year. The expense
George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/22/george-soros-on-the-coming-u-s-class-war.html
Just a little while ago I posted how there might actually be some hope that the apocalypse might be avoidable after all: Maybe it is so, but maybe it ain’t and …
Predictions about the death of American hegemony may have been greatly exaggerated
http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/22/predictions_about_the_death_of_american_hegemony_may_have_been_greatly_exaggerated
The word ‘hegemony‘ in the title really caught my eye, particularly when paired with the phrase “greatly exaggerated”. Based on my understanding of history the …
Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization’s collapse
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/us-usa-civilization-collapse-idUSTRE80K0LA20120121
I freely admit that I often talk of the brewing apocalypse and expend thought considering what approaches to take to ameliorate the effects of a societal collapse. However, in my analysis there …
America’s ‘Oh Sh*T!’ Moment
Has the U.S. deleted the very things that made it great? Niall Ferguson on how America can avoid imminent collapse.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/10/30/niall-ferguson-how-american-civilization-can-avoid-collapse.html
The author provides some paths to avoid the looming apocalypse, though I tend to be …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
A prime aim of the growing Surveillance State
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/08/19/surveillance/index.html
I think the riots that …
Bank of America death-watch
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/08/09/bank_america/index.html
I found this an interesting article because it might become a proximal trigger event for the apocalypse. Presuming the authorities ignore the situation (as the author supposes), when the shit does hit the fan it …