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What Will 2030 Look Like? – Above
The Market
The
National Intelligence Council is composed of the 17 U.S. government intelligence
agencies. The Council’s Global Trends
Report has, since 1997, worked with a variety of experts both in and out of
government service to examine factors such as globalization, demography and the
environment to produce a forward-looking document to aid policymakers in their
long-term planning on key issues of worldwide importance.
17 Things I Learned From Reading Every Last
Word of The Economist’s “The World in 2013” Issue – 6th
floor / NYT
110 Predictions For
the Next 110 Years – Popular
Mechanics
Operation Delirium – The
New Yorker
Decades
after a risky Cold War experiment, a scientist lives with secrets.
Portuguese drug policy shows that
decriminalisation can work, but only with other policies – europp
/ LSE
There are four ways to get fired from Caesars – Andrew
Gelman
Theft, sexual
harassment, running an experiment without a control group, and keeping a
gambling addict away from the casino
Identity floored: Can gambling addicts be
identified in gambling venues? – Dr
Mark Griffith
NASA Eyes Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa – space.com
Our never ending obsession with the apocalypse – BBC
Alan Turing: Scientists call for pardon for
codebreaker – BBC
Some of Britain's leading scientists have called on
the government to grant a posthumous pardon to Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing.
How to get back to the Moon in seven steps – BBC
Forty years
after the last Apollo flight to the Moon, our space correspondent examines the
options facing companies and countries contemplating their own giant leap for
mankind.
As it turns
out, the film as a political statement is worse than even its harshest early
critics warned
Why animals also seek teenage kicks – BBC
Humans
aren’t the only impulsive risk-takers in their youth. Other animals behave
badly, and it’s a vital part of their education.
Dear Friends – Letters of Note
On December 14th of 1999, a few weeks after
discovering he had colon cancer, cartoonist Charles Schulz wrote the following
open letter
FT Alphaville geek
shirts for charity! – alphaville
/ FT
Auction closes Dec 19, 9am
Your at-a-glance
guide to psychology in 2012 – The
British Psychological Society
Google Chairman Says
Android Winning Mobile War With Apple: Tech – BB
Exclusive: Larry Page on Google – Fortune
The
press-shy Google CEO talks about mobile computing, his tussles with Apple --
and the future of search.
What Google Sees in New Hire, Futurist Ray
Kurzweil – MIT
Technology Review
Kurzweil is
best known for predictions of immortality but has also created speech
recognition technology
Augmented Light Bulb Turns a Desk Into a Touch
Screen – MIT
Technology Review
A computer
that can be screwed into a light socket can project interactive images onto any
nearby surface.
The Fundamental Physics Prize: In with a bang – Babbage
/ The Economist
Buffett Joins Soros in Effort to Raise Taxes on
Estates – BB
Will “The Hobbit”
Start A 48 FPS Movie Revolution? – co.create
"The
Hobbit" introduces high frame rate moviemaking to cinemagoers after 85
years of 24 fps. Detractors say it ruins the cinema fantasy; here’s why it’s
innovators say it’s here to stay.
A
notoriously mysterious military space plane operated by the US Air Force has
launched from Florida, the third flight in a secretive test
programme.
The National Intelligence Council’s New Report – big
think
Nuggets
from the National Intelligence Council’s (NIC’s) new, highly anticipated
report, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.
IN FINNISH
Suomi viimeisellä rannalla – PS
Kun mustaa maalataan
valkeaksi – Henri
Myllyniemi / US Puheenvuoro
Soini: Iso mätä pesii
Espanjassa – IS
Ifon Sinn TE:lle:
Tämä räjähtää vielä silmille – TalSa
Saksalaisen Ifo-tutkimuslaitoksen johtaja tukee Suomen
vakuusvaatimuksia ja varoittaa euron pelastusyrityksistä.
EK:n pomo: Olemme
Etelä-Euroopan tiellä – TE
Syksyn satoa – euroetana
Eurokriisi on syksyn aika laantunut harmaaksi
eurostoankeudeksi, mutta se ei ole lannistanut ainakaan Suomen hallitusta ja
eduskuntaa, jotka ovat jatkaneet ponnistelujaan paremman ja vakaamman
rahaliiton rakentamiseksi. Työn tuloksena on syntynyt vino pino lakiesityksiä,
tiedonantoja ja selvityksiä, jotka syksyn osalta on listattu alle
tutkittavaksenne ja muisteltavaksenne.