The pursuit of “energy security” has brought us to the brink. It is directly responsible for numerous wars, big and small; for unprecedented environmental degradation; for global financial imbalances and meltdowns; for growing income disparities; and for ubiquitous unsustainable development.
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Why Restorative Justice should be the core idea of a new political rhetoric?
Three simple rules that might make “politician” a less dirty word.
Ask around, and you may hear people describe me as an early adopter of new technology. I’ve never thought of myself as one, though. For every bandwagon I’ve hopped onto […]
In the 2002 film Minority Report, audiences were shocked by scenes in which public advertisements could scan star Tom Cruise’s profile and pitch him ad content based on his tastes. […]
“Facebook is going to try to be a monopoly, why would it not?” asks Columbia University law professor and information monopoly expert Tim Wu. “Fortunately, it’s a monopoly of social […]
It was disappointing to see so many stories about the incomes earned by many top Obama officials in the year before they entered public service, and to watch them go […]
The movement to harness technology to democratize American democracy is gaining traction. Is that a good thing? During the heated presidential campaign of 2008, the CNN/YouTube debate proved so popular […]
A new perspective to these times, their challenges and opportunities. ByAndy (Andres Agostini) – Ich Bin Singularitarian! High-Tech Visionary and Method Developer/Proprietor of: “Transformative And Integrative Risk Management” www.AgostiniWorks.blogspot.com-Arlington, Virginia, USA
Low pricing and advertising revenue brought news to the American public175 years ago. With little variation, it’s the news model we’ve had for almost 200 years. Today, the same funding […]
When blue printing your SEO or Traffic strategy, it is very important to factor in algorithmic changes in search engine land. One day you can be riding high with a Ton of traffic producing a ton of money, the next day you are no where to be seen in the search engines. There are many different SEO tools that keep you ahead of the curve, so that you are prepared when it happens.
It’s been a week since the Obama Administration first announced its strategy to stabilize U.S. banks by establishing an orderly plan for them to unwind the so-called “toxic assets” currently […]
Big Think and the Berkman Center present a live stream debate on the future of digital monopolies.
When Google cataloged its one-trillionth web page last year, it seemed like an event of epistemological proportions. Trillions aren’t just bandied about—unless we are talking about the federal deficit or […]
It was only a matter of time before the newspaper industry, in a last ditch effort for survival, turned to the courts — it’s the sort of Faustian pact that […]
What happens when a country opens its economy to the world? Do political and economic reforms readily translate to greater economic growth and productivity? And do such reforms create an […]
Nearly every new technology is hailed (at least by its creators) as one that will “revolutionize” this or that aspect of our lives. Upon closer examination, however, the hype is […]
Know an exceptional young talent under the age of 25? Think they would be a good candidate for the web’s most engaging global thought forum? Big Think is launching a […]
As the nation deals with an epidemic of mass shootings, have the problems of gender politics abroad finally come home to roost? In attempt to explain the recent outbreak of […]
Success Tenets for Scientific Management.
The way we use information is about to change. We have spent the last 40 years using computers to recreate our old 19th-century paper documents, and now we have a mess on our hands.
In an effort to reach out to a younger audience and shed some of its bastion-of-the-cold-war image, NATO has launched a new web effort in advance of the organization’s summit […]
It’s one of the scariest things you could experience in a war zone: a bullet strikes near you, you know not from where it came, and another one is probably […]
You have no idea what it takes to become an Indian entrepreneur. What does it take to start a small business in New Delhi? What are the barriers in enforcing […]
10 Billion Beats is a non-commercial Global Intention Event that will use drumming to send a wave of positive intention around the world. Starting in Central Kansas, it will follow the sun through the time zones at 7:00 PM on Sept. 18, 2009. (Sept. 19 as it crosses the dateline)
Craig Newmark mentions Jeff Jarvis and talks about how much information should be publicly available online.
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For decades, the average Indian citizen could vote for the governmental representatives of his choosing and then follow their foibles in the news—and that’s where his access to government ended. […]
Yesterday, web entrepreneur James Currier, the founder of Ooga Labs, launched an open-source encyclopedia for medical information — sort of. Currier’s site, Medpedia, plans to avoid the inaccuracy pitfalls of […]
As a website devoted to providing an interactive, online forum with global thought leaders, you can imagine our dismay when we read Nicholas Kristof’s evisceration of “experts” in today’s New […]