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Clean Energy and System Purism

Much of the 20th century revolved around a conflict between capitalism and socialism. On both sides there were many people willing to die for either system. My response is that a system - any system - is a tool and nothing more than a tool; and the point is not to be a purist...

Apple Says It’s Time for a ‘Smart Wristwatch’

Cupertino, California -- Top secret patent papers, leaked during a sequestered privacy spill, have revealed that Apple has chosen to design a ‘smart watch’  as the innovation that will save the company....

Malaysia Honors Top Scientists

Malaysia confers top honors on its scientific brains.Its Academy of Sciences Malaysia(ASM), the think tank for science, engineering and technology, has elevated three renowned Malaysian scientists from Fellows to Senior Fellows.They are:Dr. Canagasaby Devendra FASc, a famous...

Hurricane Sandy and Sustainable Economics

The anti-environment people continue to claim that the environmentalists are enemies of technology and market economics. This lie must be addressed now. I am an environmentalist; but I am neither against technology nor against market economics. I've worked in technology...

Manthan 2012 - The search for innovative ideas on campus

The market dynamics have changed for ever and since 2008 there is a churning that is happening in the undercurrent across all the aspects of trade , industry, social life style as well as the political...

Peak Oil, Peak Innovation, and Sustainable Notions

When consumption will only increase and production will only decrease, we've hit peak-oil. It's fairly easy to understand and most economists and resource managers acknowledge and appreciate the importance of the...

America: Diversity in The Land of Opportunity and Innovation

The United States of America is the most diverse and successful nation on earth, an engine of liberty and prosperity. It is a nation founded on the opportunities that freedom represents to all who sail to its shores. Since time immemorial, America has been THE "promised land"...

Planet Inspired: Smart is beautiful

Smart is easy to say: for cities to become really smart, it takes investments in research and innovation At the BAIA conference (Business Association Italy America), attended by Thales Italia and SELEX Elsag, speakers agreed that all the tools are there to rebuild our...

Environmentalism: The Rational Stance

There are any number of people who conflate environmentalism with Marxism. It is time that this myth, like many others, be put to rest.That someone is in agreement with one of Marx's stances - and Marx was an extremely voluminous writer who addressed many subjects in his work...

The future is brighter than you think

By Peter Diamandis, Special to CNN (CNN) -- I've been talking to corporate groups a lot lately about the idea that the future is going to be better than many of us think -- that we will live in a world of abundance made possible by new technology. Repeatedly,...

Equality Is Not Sameness

One of the longest-running errors in American society is that of equating equality with sameness. This error has been used and continues to be used for extremely destructive, invasive and malicious behaviors - such as for example forcing everyone to be the same person...

The Death Knell of Success in Business

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The film “The Artist” describes the waning career of a megastar of the era of silent movies when he refuses to make the transition into the epoch of “talkies” (films with sound.) He mocks the...

A business experiment

In my previous article, i neglected to point out 'the whole reason' for converting to cooperative structures (other than esthetics, morality, and sustainability): workers' motivation. Yesterday, i visited the local supermarket.. The manager was helping bag groceries.. A...

Christian Conservatism, Africa and Innovation

A frequent line from Christian Conservatives is that the ways other than those of Christian Conservatism cause moral or social decline. But when confronted with the fact that Africa is full of Christian Conservative countries in which situation is far worse than it is in...

Attack Iran before they attack us!

This article is a parody. i cannot endorse any form of violence: mental, verbal, physical, or spiritual. Christians unite against the Muslim threat! Jews and Christians unite! Fight! Kill! Destroy Islam before it destroys you! Never before have we seen such a threat! Not the...

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