via The Ripple Effect Podcast: James Corbett & Hunter Maats join the show to discuss the history of education, issues with our current system and possible solutions. (WARNING TO SENSITIVE EARS: four-letter words throughout this conversation) SHOW NOTES: Addresses...
So, you know how decentralized technologies are making it possible to do things that were completely impossible before? Like creating uncensorable information storage and retrieval networks or circumventing the gun laws of the would-be tyrants? Well, how about if...
TANSTAAFL. As you may or may not know, depending on how much anarchist sci-fi literature you consume, "TANSTAAFL" is an acronym meaning "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch." But while TANSTAAFL may have been popularized by Robert Heinlein in his 1966 classic,...
Long-time listeners/readers/viewers of mine will be very familiar with the old "conspiracy theorist" smear and how it is used to stop any would-be truth seekers from questioning the official explanation of contentious events. They will also know how the term can be...
Well, it's official: "Japan Inc." is now "Bank of Japan Inc." Oh, OK, not officially official, but just about. As the Nikkei Asian Review reports, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is now a top-10 shareholder in a whopping 40% of the listed companies in the country. That's...
Why don't the Saudis sell Aramco to China? How will Japan cope with Iranian oil sanctions? Are Atta and the 9/11 "hijackers" just Lee Harvey Oswald? And can the chaos on the global chessboard be a good thing? Find out in this month's exciting installment of Questions...
It is hardly surprising that the first thing Bayer did after completing their takeover of Monsanto earlier this month was to announce that they were dropping the Monsanto name, merging the two companies' agrichemical divisions under the Bayer Crop Science name. After...
Renowned scientist Paul Ehrlich has been in the public spotlight for half a century now. But there's a question at the heart of the story of Ehrlich's unlikely rise to prominence. A question that must be answered. Why is it that this entomologist has become such a...
