Politics & Current Affairs — March 16, 2012

Mark Galeotti LIVE Interview

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Microscopic view of a translucent, spiral-shaped Trichinella spiralis larva within a blue-stained muscle tissue.

What are the consequences of living as a human in an “always on” digital world?

“Part of what’s happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.”

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Yuval Noah Harari

Business

Mark Zuckerberg’s 4 steps to approach life

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Comparison of early Mars with abundant water and a thicker atmosphere versus the dry and arid Mars of today, much like Venus, which also died in terms of its potential to support life.

Starts With A Bang

Mars could have lived, even without a magnetic field

Mars and Earth were sister planets in many ways, with early similar conditions. Why did Mars die? The leading explanation isn’t universal.

The Long Game

The Kevin Kelly interview: The power of “radical optimism”

The co-founder of Wired magazine shares his insights on how a long-term mindset can shape a brighter, more innovative future.

Starts With A Bang

Your head lives a longer life than your feet do

Time is relative, not absolute, as gravity and motion both cause time to dilate. Your head and feet, therefore, don’t age at the same rate.

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