Breaking Walls of Hate and Building Walls of Understanding

It is always heartening to receive feedback on one’s blog. There is nothing more frustrating for a journalist when he finds that nobody reads his articles. It does not matter if the reader does not agree with what is written. At least, the writer knows that his opposition has read his articles. One can write [...]

What happens when companies become number one?

(this was written as a comment on Frank Shilling’s blog. Regarding Google making a deal with Dell to install by default what looks like spyware in Dell’s computers) As time goes by, Google will start to pay the price for being number one. Their previous (current?) motto “Don’t be evil” just makes matters worse. I [...]

The power of blogs

Apple stock plunged to the tune of $4 billion in only six minutes after a hoax email sent to Engadget was published on their site on May 16, 2007. The email detailed that the iPhone would be seriously delayed and would not meet it’s production deadline in June 2007

Israel and Apartheid South Africa

There are Islamist fundamentalist sympathizers who compare Israel to apartheid South Africa ad nauseam. As I had mentioned, in a previous post that I wrote on my blog site about a year ago, nothing could be further from the truth. Those who wish Israel’s destruction make the comparison. I had lived in South Africa during [...]

How long before copyright laws change to adapt to the times?

“”may make it more attractive to advertisers than conventional TV, because viewers can’t risk leaving their screens to make a cup of tea during every commercial break.”” That’s old and wishful thinking, in my view. Most consumers of video on the internet are early adopters, familiar with technology. As soon as one particular system gets [...]

Drug maker payments to psychiatrists

From 2000 to 2005, drug maker payments to Minnesota psychiatrists rose more than sixfold, to $1.6 million. During those same years, prescriptions of antipsychotics for children in Minnesota’s Medicaid program rose more than ninefold. Those who took the most money from makers of atypicals tended to prescribe the drugs to children the most often, the [...]

How to make wealth, from Paul Graham

A big company is like a giant galley driven by a thousand rowers. Two things keep the speed of the galley down. One is that individual rowers don’t see any result from working harder. The other is that, in a group of a thousand people, the average rower is likely to be pretty average. http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html

Inflation, Dow 13K and the Second Great Depression

By Michael Nystrom When I was about 9 years old, my father took my elder sister and me to see a performance by a famous magician called Blackstone.   What I remember most about the show is when Blackstone, with a flourish of his cape, made an elephant appear onstage out of thin air.  It was [...]

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Click Here if you would Like to Upload your Brain and Upgrade to Human 2.0!

Yes! …it’s looking more likely that upgrading to human 2.0 will be the next great step in human Bio-evolution before the idea of Singularity occurs. Singularity by the way is supposed to occur around 2045 assuming all targets are met and Singularity basically means non-biological intelligence or AI (Artificial Intelligence) takes over and exceeds biological [...]