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Oct 27
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 28, 2014)

REUTERS: Wall St. flat after last week’s big gain; energy weighs http://lnkd.in/dZxTeKd

REUTERS: Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/27/us-amazon-com-medi…XW20141027

KAI: How ferroelectrics could replace silicon in computers http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-ferroelectrics-could-replace-silicon-in-computers

Power through Ultrasound to Become Ubiquitous if uBeam Succeeds http://www.21stcentech.com/gizmos-gadgets-power-ultrasound-u…-succeeds/

WEST, GET READY. REUTERS: China on track to develop Indian railways as Xi heads to South Asia http://lnkd.in/dEFekhN

BBC: German business confidence falls again, Ifo says http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29787980

REUTERS: Treasury’s Lew warned China on antitrust probes of foreign firms: WSJ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/14/us-usa-china-antit…VM20140914

THE GUARDIAN: The internet is after your job – video http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2014/oct/15/the-…-job-video

THE GUARDIAN: China linked to cyber attacks on Taiwan exploiting Windows vulnerability http://lnkd.in/dgSzSFR

HP: The Internet Destroyed The Middle Class http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/the-internet-destro…72360.html

Yes, Technology Is Going to Destroy the Middle Class http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/yes-technology…ddle-class

DIGITAL THINKING: Is Technology Really Destroying Jobs? http://www.dugcampbell.com/is-technology-really-destroying-jobs/

BLOOMBERG: Move Over, iPhone Cases. Here’s Where No 3-D Printer Has Gone Before http://lnkd.in/dRCR-gx

BLOOMBERG: Russian Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/russia-brai…ncing.html

BLOOMBERG: Supercomputers Combat Ebola in Sierra Leone http://www.bloomberg.com/video/combating-ebola-in-sierra-leo…sJoVw.html

THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket: Oil on troubled waters http://econ.st/12k0A1c

THE ECONOMIST: China’s future growth: Even dragons tire http://econ.st/1oxLWgX

PHYS ORG: Reducing population is no environmental ‘quick fix’, modelling research shows http://phys.org/news/2014-10-population-environmental-quick.html

ENGINEERING: Solar, Storage, and Software: A Three-Pronged Approach to Energy Management http://lnkd.in/dDtJqzY

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The Rise of Big Data. How It’s Changing the Way We Think About the World http://lnkd.in/dsccfaC

THE WASHINGTON POST: The rise of big data brings tremendous possibilities and frightening perils http://lnkd.in/dqT2hT2

ENGINEERING: MIT’s First Professional Online Course on Big Data http://lnkd.in/dJFExUi

THE ECONOMIST: New roles for technology. Rise of the robots Prepare for a robot invasion. It will change the way people think about technology http://lnkd.in/dh_7asG

BBC: Are we about to see the rise of robot bosses? http://lnkd.in/dNPWqCy

THE ECONOMIST: Free exchange: The geography of joblessness http://econ.st/12kl5KU

THE ECONOMIST: Information technology: A fork in the digital road http://econ.st/1sUts8L

FUNDWEB: ETF Securities has launched a fund tracking the global robotics industry as it continues to add niche products to its line up. The Robo-Stox Global Robotics and Automation GO Ucits ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is the first ETF offering focused exposure to listed companies…more http://lnkd.in/dvEKfV4

TED: Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_person…anguage=en

“Our economy is bigger than it was before the start of the Great Recession,” says Andrew McAfee, also of MIT.

CBS NEWS: Robots on the rise in the workplace http://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-on-the-rise-in-the-workplace/

BBC: Self-employment: First choice or last resort? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27397993

YOU REALLY LOVE PERPETUAL UNEMPLOYMENT. WIRED: The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World http://lnkd.in/dv_ViiU

QZ: Will robots boost middle class unemployment? http://lnkd.in/dyPqmtq

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

Oct 23
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 24, 2014)

FORBES: Three Industries Going Through Dramatic Supply Chain Transformations http://lnkd.in/drBaPhW

GEEKWIRE: Google leads $542M Magic Leap deal, betting on augmented reality http://www.geekwire.com/2014/google-leads-542m-magic-leap-in…d-reality/

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Google Invests Heavily in Magic Leap’s Effort to Blend Illusion and Reality http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/google-invests-in-mag…lity-firm/

THE NEW YORK TIMES: On the Cusp of Climate Change, that is the Global Existential Risk of the Climate at http://lnkd.in/dcENSVk

FORBES: Three Industries Going Through Dramatic Supply Chain Transformations http://lnkd.in/drBaPhW

FEDTECH: Why Data Center Consolidation Savings Are a Moving Target. Most agencies are reporting estimated savings and cost avoidance data to the Office of Management and Budget. http://lnkd.in/dFsrTm7

NEW YORK TIMES: Amazon Web Services to Open German Center http://lnkd.in/d7X2Grd

BUSINESS INSIDER: Mark Zuckerberg taught himself Mandarin, inspired by his wife Priscilla Chan, while running Facebook. He’s good enough that he was able to give a 30-minute Q&A today entirely in Mandarin at Tsinghua University in China. http://lnkd.in/dnpYPxF

GIZMODO: Compact SSDs That Outperform the Fastest USB Flash Drives http://gizmodo.com/compact-ssds-that-outperform-the-fastest-…socialflow

THE NEW YORK TIMES: On the Cusp of Climate Change, that is the Global Existential Risk of the Climate at http://lnkd.in/dcENSVk

COMPUTERWORLD: 8 big trends in big data analytics http://lnkd.in/dd_GZ8X

NASA: China launched to the Moon today. The spacecraft will have a brief 8-day mission out to the Moon and back. It is an engineering test for the technology that the future Chang’e 5 sample return mission will need to return samples to Earth. http://lnkd.in/dDktQMQ

FINANCIAL TIMES: PC market recovery boosts Microsoft http://on.ft.com/1oyRYxV

THE ECONOMIST: Japan’s new airliner. Is Mitsubishi’s new jetliner a commercially viable project? http://lnkd.in/dctx_6Z

REUTERS: Why Ukraine’s revolution has left protesters discontented and the country divided. http://reut.rs/1rlK4TV

BUSINESS INSIDER: 3 Girls Won The Google Science Fair With A Bacteria-Based Plan To Solve The Food Crisis http://lnkd.in/dHZRFP9

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Current Sun Activity May Reduce the Speed of Climate Change and Stop Humans From Going to Mars http://lnkd.in/dnsjrdY

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Wants State Control of Root Internet Infrastructure http://lnkd.in/d_4XqhK

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s CSTO Stumbles on Regional Conflicts in Drive to Rival NATO. While top Russian officials and pro-Kremlin politicians continue to paint NATO as an existential threat to Russia and even an instigator of the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has been working to strengthen the legitimacy of…more http://lnkd.in/dEKe3tE

DER SPIEGEL: The Zombie System: How Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails http://lnkd.in/d2X-P2A

REUTERS: Microsoft sales beat Street hopes, cloud profits up http://lnkd.in/d7Dr7nz

THE ECONOMIST: Market turmoil: A blessing in disguise? http://econ.st/12kjLbc

LINKEDIN: Boards and Clients! http://lnkd.in/dA9breP

THE ECONOMIST: Unproductive production. Weakening productivity is casting doubt on the sustainability of China’s growth http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21623708…3b12a5e227

WASHINGTON TIMES: Putin emboldened by weak U.S. response to Russian aggression, analysts say: http://wtim.es/1seW6gV

FORTUNE MAGAZINE: In online sales, could Wal-Mart ever top Amazon? http://for.tn/1xevpgX

REUTERS: Merkel says EU will discuss bridging finance for Ukraine next week http://reut.rs/1ozyxEW

FINANCIAL TIMES: Chinese property prices fall across the country http://on.ft.com/1D3Xbi8

Love by Sun Tzu is paid with love by Sun Tzu.

George Soros: Russia threatens EU’s survival: http://on.mktw.net/1uM3lPv

MONEY IS NOT BACKED WITH GOLD. REMEMBER NIXON? WSJ Markets: Put your money into blue-chip stocks and watch it grow? Not so much lately: http://on.wsj.com/1ovpZ25

Bloomberg News: Drop in China home prices spreads as easing fails to halt downturn of economy http://bloom.bg/1zn4YuP

FINANCIAL TIMES: US accuses allies of buying Isis oil http://on.ft.com/1DF95B6

THE ECONOMIST: The world’s biggest economies. China’s back http://lnkd.in/dKUKrDe

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

Oct 23
2014

Who is Amit Singhal (at Google)?

This archive file was compiled from an interview conducted at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, 2013.

As late as the 1980s and the 1990s, the common person seeking stored knowledge would likely be faced with using an 18th century technology — the library index card catalogue — in order to find something on the topic he or she was looking for. Fifteen years later, most people would be able to search, at any time and any place, a collection of information that dwarfed that of any library. And unlike the experience with a library card catalogue, this new technology rarely left the user empty-handed.

Information retrieval had been a core technology of humanity since written language — but as an actual area of research it was so niche that before the 1950s, nobody had bothered to give the field a name. From a superficial perspective, the pioneering work in the area during the 1940s and 50s seemed to suggest it would be monumentally important to the future — but only behind the scenes. Information retrieval was to be the secret tool of the nation at war, or of the elite scientist compiling massive amounts of data. Increasingly however, a visionary group of thinkers dreamed of combining information retrieval and the ‘thinking machine’ to create something which would be far more revolutionary for society.

In the case of Google’s Amit Singhal, it was a childhood encounter with a visionary work that gave him his initial fascination with the dream of the thinking machine — a fascination that would result in his evolution to be one of the individuals who began to transform the dream into a reality. The work that he encountered was not that of a scientific pioneer such as Alan Turing or Marvin Minsky — it was a visionary work of pop culture.

More about Amit Singhal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Singhal
Google Search:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

Oct 22
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 23, 2014)

FINANCIAL TIMES: Insurers ‘unready’ for climate change http://on.ft.com/1CWVHWM

HUFF POST: Amelia: IPsoft’s New Artificial Intelligence Can Think Like A Human, And Wants Your Job http://lnkd.in/daZCHqx

CIO: Lufthansa leaves the computing to IBM http://trib.al/JPKogpE

REUTERS: Obama learns the same lesson other progressive presidents had to: You can have guns or butter, not both: http://reut.rs/1x9hbOh

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: NATO jets, including Canadian Hornets, scrambled twice in two days to intercept Russian spyplane http://goo.gl/5LvH0Z

BLOOMBERG: This is why the stock market rally is bad news: http://bloom.bg/1waFLSe

POP SCI: Four Technologies That Will Carry The Weight Of War http://lnkd.in/dcwuQNi

PEW RESEARCH: AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs http://lnkd.in/dXdr2yh

BLOOMBERG NEWS: The $13 billion plan to transform Capetown: http://bloom.bg/1FDL2o4

BLOOMBERG NEWS: Artificial Intelligence Is Next Frontier for Infosys http://lnkd.in/dthv-xm

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Artificial intelligence could automate half of U.S. jobs in 20 years. ‘Machine learning’ could eliminate jobs like loan officer, cab driver and real-estate agent. http://lnkd.in/dbNgB5t

STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Artificial intelligence (AI) will have many profound societal effects http://lnkd.in/d_uNsr5

BUSINESS INSIDER: Artificial Intelligence Took America’s Jobs And It’s Going To Take A Lot More. The scary new dimension is artificial intelligence, which could replace as many as 50 million professional jobs. http://lnkd.in/dhaVhqP

FINANCIAL TIMES: Russian plane violates Estonian air space http://on.ft.com/1CX4S9E

WASHINGTON POST: Sweden prepared to use ‘armed force, if necessary’ on suspected Russian submarine http://lnkd.in/dTwit9i

NEW REPUBLIC: This Is What It Will Look Like When Robots Take All Our Jobs http://lnkd.in/dnsDbVq

IF YOU GET REALLY UPSET AT PUTIN, YOU WILL BE BLACKMAIL WITH M.A.D. WWIII. IN THE MEAN TIME, RE-CONQUERING EVERY NATION-STATE IS EASTERN EUROPE WILL BRING HIM GOLD AND GEOPOLITICAL AND POLITICAL DIVIDENDS, DIVIDENDS AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEM. IN THE BACKGROUND, CHINA, A PROFITER FROM THE MOTIONS, WILL HAVE A GARGANTUAN LAUGHTER.

UPSTART: How to stop worrying about artificial intelligence and outsmart the job apocalypse http://lnkd.in/d7tyJmT

“Why Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan, and the China Sea Sovereign Possessions will ONLY be of the ownership of Continental China? http://lnkd.in/dq7X6fx

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: A new breed of computer chips that operate more like the brain may be about to narrow the gulf between artificial and natural computation—between circuits that crunch through logical operations at blistering speed http://lnkd.in/d3gGtbs

THE INDEPENDENT: Advances in artificial intelligence could lead to mass unemployment, warn experts http://lnkd.in/dWn5TSn

YAHOO NEWS: DNA reveals that Neanderthals and humans first mated 50,000 years ago, researchers say: http://yhoo.it/1wkSkbe

THE ATLANTIC: Detroit and the evaporating right to running water http://theatln.tc/1wkqcVI

UNTIL POLAND IS RECAPTURED. MOSCOW TIMES: Poland Plays Hardball With Russia on Gas http://lnkd.in/dEJkJac

THE ECONOMIST: The oil price is tumbling. Is that good or bad news for the world economy? http://econ.st/1DBqrPo

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: The very laws of physics imply that artificial intelligence must be viable. What’s holding us up? http://lnkd.in/dsaDfh7

BUSINESS SPECTATOR: Future Forward: What’s next for smartphones http://lnkd.in/dhgiH7d

WASHINGTON POST: We’re failing to prepare our kids for the impending robot takeover. Here’s what we should teach them. http://lnkd.in/dAPHbAN

BBC: Microsoft ditching the Nokia name on smartphones http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29724072

BUSINESS INSIDER: Bill Gates Makes Over $1 Million Every Day Doing Almost Nothing. http://lnkd.in/dC3qyzj

LINKEDIN: “The Future-Ready Advice Bill Gates Gave Us 15 Years Ago… And Made Him a Superbillionaire in the Process!” http://lnkd.in/dxn98d9

GET BEYOND READY. THE ECONOMIST: The future of jobs. The onrushing wave. Previous technological innovation has always delivered more long-run employment, not less. But things can change. http://lnkd.in/dRGiYdt

WALL STREET JOURNAL: The First $1 Trillion Company? Why Google Could Beat Apple to Milestone http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/10/13/the-first-1-trilli…milestone/

TECH CRUNCH: Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with China’s Vice Premier following iCloud security attack http://tcrn.ch/1wlexWw

THE ECONOMIST: Foreign direct investment into Myanmar tripled in three years to $2.6 billion in 2013 http://econ.st/12dju9V

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN. CBS NEWS: White House on lockdown after latest fence jumper http://lnkd.in/dj8Uh8i)

THE ECONOMIST: Serbia is caught between its European ambitions and its prime minister’s autocratic drift http://econ.st/11W2ipd

ENGADGET: Atom-scale brain sensors will show exactly how your mind works http://lnkd.in/d_vhPSk

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

Oct 21
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 22, 2014)

INFOWORLD: General Electric lays out big plans for big data http://www.infoworld.com/article/2616433/big-data/general-el…-data.html

THE TELEGRAPH: The Real Cyborgs http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/the-future-is-android/index.html

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Who Has a Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap? Guess! http://www.21stcentech.com/climate-change-adaptation-roadmap-guess/

Russia threatens US with Five Thousand Nuclear Warheads http://lnkd.in/dPbGPZf

Wall Street Journal: U.S. to require passengers from Ebola-stricken countries to fly into 5 airports with enhanced screening: http://on.wsj.com/1wml4iU

PHYS ORG: Team advances genome editing technique http://phys.org/news/2014-10-team-advances-genome-technique.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Swiss Banks on Own in Navigating U.S. Offshore-Account Requirements http://lnkd.in/dVkh8jd

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Israeli rabbinate won’t invalidate Washington rabbi’s conversions. Uncertainty over converts to Judaism dispelled amid charges of voyeurism against Barry Freundel http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-rabbinate-wont-invalida…nversions/

Currents and Undercurrents? https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017005851&#…ercurrents

Bart and Homer on The Iliad! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017012329&#…-the-iliad

Marilyn Monroe in London and Continuous Performance Improvement https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141018220154&#…mprovement

Road Drone #1 and Leonardo https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141021024138&#…d-leonardo

KAI: ‘Hidden brain signatures’ of consciousness in vegetative state patients discovered http://www.kurzweilai.net/hidden-brain-signatures-of-conscio…discovered

KAI: Transparent graphene-based sensors open new window into the brain http://www.kurzweilai.net/transparent-graphene-based-sensors…-the-brain

BUSINESS INSIDER: HP Is Going To Announce A Crazy New Computer That Can Scan Objects In 3D http://lnkd.in/dxrc5gv

Forbes: Daimler sold its 4% stake in Tesla for about $780 million: http://onforb.es/1sM7Ye9

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

Oct 20
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 21, 2014)

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: Does Lockheed Martin Really Have a Breakthrough Fusion Machine? http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531836/does-lockheed-ma…n-machine/

FINANCIAL TIMES: IBM shares tumble as profits and sales fall at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/500feb78-584e-11e4-b331-00144feab7de.html

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Ohio State University Invents All-in-One Solar Cell and Battery http://www.21stcentech.com/ohio-state-university-invents-all…l-battery/

SIX SENSE AND CORRUPTION HAVE NO GENDER. WASHING POST: In Japan, two female ministers quit, dealing a blow to Abe and ‘womenomics’ http://lnkd.in/dfKzwU8

YAHOO NEWS: Blow to Japan PM as minister resigns over money scandal http://news.yahoo.com/japan-industry-minister-resigns-over-s…26427.html

BBC: Japan ministers Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima quit. Ms Obuchi is alleged to have misused funds from her political support groups and other donations. http://lnkd.in/dH36hvk

FINANCIAL TIMES: Can Europe wean itself off Russian gas? Analysis: http://on.ft.com/1uhyFW0

LINKEDIN: Do Not Underrated Centric Jobs! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141020224543&#…ntric-jobs

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Brazil’s Rousseff Admits There Was Wrongdoing at Petrobras http://lnkd.in/dm3JgbZ

FORBES: Petrobras Puts Brazil President Dilma In Hot Seat http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2014/03/23/petrobras-p…-hot-seat/

RT: Google ‘beats Goldman Sachs’ in political campaign donations http://rt.com/usa/197104-google-usa-political-campaign/

Dilma Rousseff Responds To Brazil Protests, Vows To Battle Corruption http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/22/dilma-rousseff-braz…83069.html

BBC Breaking News: Christophe de Margerie, head of oil company Total, dies in air crash in Moscow http://bbc.in/120dDEQ

WORRY FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE WEST, STUPID. BLOOMBERG: China Growth May Slow Sharply From 2020: Conference Board http://lnkd.in/dadDfch

TECH CRUNCH: Europe’s Sign2Pay launches to simplify mobile debit payments and oil the wheels of m-commerce http://tcrn.ch/1omv5gV

MOSCOW TIMES: The Truth About That ‘Russian’ Submarine Near Stockholm http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/the-truth-about-t…09721.html

DER SPIEGEL: Berlin and Paris Undermine Euro Stability http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/euro-stability-th…97995.html

YAHOO NEWS: German minister: EU should consider Ebola mission http://lnkd.in/dkNUehu

MONEY: 3 reasons why IBM’s stock is in serious trouble http://money.us/1r0HxhU

NEW YORK MAGAZINE: Scientists Also Lying About Ebola, Explains George F. Will http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/george-will-sci…ebola.html

REUTERS: China-backed hackers may have infiltrated Apple’s iCloud: blog http://reut.rs/1oodYLQ

LINKEDIN: Road Drone #1 and Leonardo http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141021024138-344…d-leonardo

Oct 19
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 20, 2014)

MASHABLE: Syrian Woman Wears Hidden Camera to Reveal Life Under ISIS Rule http://mashable.com/2014/09/24/syria-hidden-camera/

TECH CRUNCH: 10 Trends Transforming Enterprise IT http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/18/big-changes-big-money-10-tr…rprise-it/

WIRED: American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn’t Exist http://www.wired.com/2014/10/on-learning-by-doing?mbid=synd_digg

FOREIGN POLICY: How to Know if We’re Winning Against the Islamic State http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/10/17/how_to_know…amic_state

FRANCE 24: All robotic eyes on comet for Mars flyby http://f24.my/11S0pda

Huffington Post: CDC to revise Ebola protocol http://huff.to/1rTOm3R

Cato Institute: Sympathizers with human rights ideas in China have been denied visas or have had them cancelled: http://j.mp/1CEdVwf

The Telegraph: Sweden hunts for suspected Russian submarine in Cold War-style drama http://tgr.ph/1CHi2HJ

Science News: Robot landing on comet could expose mysteries of deep space: http://ow.ly/CWw3o

Forbes: Microsoft is gearing up to launch a wearable device within the next few weeks: http://onforb.es/1sZNksv

Fox News: Hagel orders military medical team to get ready for quick response to more Ebola cases in US http://fxn.ws/1rTRay3

Fortune Magazine: “They’ve lost so much talent over the years.” Hewlett-Packard: http://for.tn/1sa0120

CNET: Siri, an autistic boy’s best friend http://cnet.co/1sZQYTa

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil says work is under way at Google to apply his theory of intelligence to understanding online information. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/528656/ray-kurzweil-say…le-search/

CNN: What was the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned space plane doing for nearly two years? We may never know. http://cnn.it/ZL80Jf

FORBES: What Does Warren Buffett See In Car Dealers? http://www.forbes.com/sites/sageworks/2014/10/19/what-warren…r-dealers/

Business Insider: Why Harvard should stop charging tuition http://read.bi/1w3IkCS

LINKEDIN: Understanding Zeitgeist and Updatedness, Fluidly! http://lnkd.in/dN9jcQZ

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Will Google’s Ray Kurzweil Live Forever? http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324504704578412581386515510

POPULAR SCIENCE: The Top-Secret Warplanes of Area 51 http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2006&#…amp;dom=fb

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

@SciCzar

Oct 18
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 19, 2014)

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 19, 2014)

Why Aren’t Tropical Island Nations Embracing Renewable Energy? http://www.21stcentech.com/tropical-island-nations-embracing-renewable-energy/

LINKEDIN: Marilyn Monroe in London and Continuous Performance Improvement https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141018220154&#…mprovement

DIABETES: Diabetes alone accounts for 7% of the money we spend in our health care system: http://onforb.es/1sH2Jhw

FOREIGN POLICY: Is the international community about to censure Hungary for giving up on its young democratic ? http://atfp.co/1CBnprT

BLOGS OF WAR: Ebola Could Become President Obama’s Katrina http://goo.gl/OUGpPC

REUTERS: Japan rolls out ‘long-held dream’ with first commercial jet in 50 years http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/18/us-japan-mrj-rollo…4P20141018

REUTERS: BMW finance chief sees further growth in 2015: paper http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/18/us-bmw-outlook-idUSKCN0I709F20141018

SETI: NASA spacecraft provides new information about sun’s atmosphere: http://buff.ly/1weGY9p

THE GUARDIAN: Big pharma has an interest in rich people being sick http://lnkd.in/dGvKeUH

THE TELEGRAPH: Ebola discoverer: ‘Without a vaccine I’m not sure we can stop Ebola’ http://lnkd.in/d9NH889

BLOGS OF WAR: Swedish military investigates ‘foreign underwater activity’ http://goo.gl/hV0ISJ

BLOOMBERG: Ukraine Fighting Simmers as No Breakthrough at Talks http://lnkd.in/dCGUUqP

BLOOMBERG: Ebola Czar Should Be a General Not a Pol http://lnkd.in/dRihDCA

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Pension changes story on taxpayer risks — U-T San Diego http://dlvr.it/7FVmvH

Huffington Post: Russian container ship is adrift again off the coast of British Columbia after rescue attempts http://huff.to/1wq0dNm

BLOOMBERG: How India Can Bust Inflation http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-17/how…-inflation

BLOOMBERG: Harvard-Linked Hospital Planning to Open Center in China http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-18/harvard-lin…china.html

THE ECONOMIST: Chinese debt. A moral deficit. To rein in its debt, China must be willing to let companies fail http://lnkd.in/dEFAAX3

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Building the Largest Ship In the World, South Korea http://lnkd.in/dQXFKr8

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BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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Oct 18
2014

Marilyn Monroe in London and Continuous Performance Improvement

This is an actual story.

I was the Insurance Broker House EVP for the world’s global oil corporation number two and got asked a delicate official favor from the Client.

To give you an idea of this piece of business, the Client was paying cash US$ 100 million for insured and re-insured premiums over their fixed and liquid assets. The latter via a major and reputable London Reinsurance Brokerage House.

So I went and met with the Worldwide CFO of the Client, and he said to me,

“…Mr. Agostini, we want to commission you to give Mr. Stewart Johnston a last warning … Their services to us either dramatically change to satisfy our needs and specifications, or we terminate them, not you … Please, take a plane to London and advise Mr. Johnston on our behalf …”

I said to Worldwide CFO of the Client, “…done…”

I made arrangements immediately to go to my world’s favorite metropolis, where I have many, many real-world accounts to comment about in some other due time.

The first day I took those magnificent breakfasts they give you in London, in which the mineral water is replaced for the sparkles of Dom Perignon.

London is a place in which I like to walk around, so I decided to go to Stewart’s office by walking, with little knowledge about the address direction.

So, I started my promenade and saw a gentleman dressed too informal and too bohemian and asked him,

“…Sir, Do you know how I can get to this Company’s head office?…”

And he replied, “…I have nothing to do with the financial systems or those opaque mates at Loyd’s of London …”, with huge disgust.

Not too far away, there was an impeccable gentleman who could be my grandfather and duly dressed up and he, all of the greatest sudden, said to me with politeness,

“…Sir, I know exactly where you want to go…Their office is so large and important that they have a Tube (Subway) station for themselves…!

In effect, I followed through his directions and I got there. I noted, as expected, that the head-office of the prominent Reinsurance Brokerage House was luxurious with some very nice frescos all over.

I asked for Mr. Stewart Johnston’s floor and office number and got there right away.

Up to this moment, Stewart had not the slightest idea of my out-the-blue visit.

Then, I was welcome by his gorgeous secretary. She was a beautiful blonde lady, dressed up ready to go Hail the Queen, probably in her mid twenties. She got me a nice seat right away and asked me if I wanted to drink tea or coffee.

She was a bit disappointed that I picked tea over coffee, considering that I was coming from the Western Hemisphere and not Far Asia.

Then, she advised me that Mr. Johnston will be meeting with me within five minutes. She seems friendly and entered a little small-talk conversation that went beautifully until she tried to give me a marked lecture on the pronunciation usage of the words “either” and “neither.”

As you know, in the English-speaking cosmos, each of those terms have two legitimate pronunciation, but she only preferred only one. Nobody has ever dared to correct my writing or speaking before. This was time #1.

Out of that I felt that the secretary whose “buttock” (and that of her employer), I came to save was giving me a lecture on diction.

Once the “master class” finished, I sat down with Stewart Johnston, who I had know for over a decade, and a dialogue exchange went like this:

Stewart (to Andres): Hello Andres? How are you?

Andres (to Stewart): Fine thank you, Stewart.

Stewart (to Andres): What are you doing in London?

Andres (to Stewart): I come to London twice a year every year but I am here to give you a very important message on behalf of our Multinational Client.

Stewart (to Andres): Really? Can you please tell me about it?

Andres (to Stewart): Certainly! You know that the Client assesses every form of performance and they have and utilize “performance indicators” for everything you and I do.

Stewart (to Andres): Indeed! And how much progress are we making?

Andres (to Stewart): Well, Stewart, as per the Client’s Worldwide CFO, your company’s performance is so low that merits the termination of your services unless you do something dramatic to improve your services.

Stewart (to Andres): Interesting. What can we exactly improve, Andres?

Andres (to Stewart): Very well. Here is list with the breakdown of ten (10) Reinsurance Indemnity Payment Checks that have months of delay and that they need to cash on. Make those payments immediately or please say goodbye to your U.S.$ 100-million account. It is up to you, Stewart. I forewarned that I have researched my sources and they mean to decapitate your company quickly.

Stewart (to Andres): I will look into this immediately and see which payments can be made right away.

Andres (to Stewart): Please make all of those payments the soonest.

Stewart (to Andres): Okay, Andres, I will take care of this now. Is there anything else?

Andres (to Stewart): Well, when I came into your office’s antechamber I was received but your beautiful and most-imprudent secretary. She gave me a cup of nice black Chinese tea and a dramatic lecture on how I should pronounce the words “either” and “neither.”

Stewart (to Andres): She did that? She is unconditionally terminated as of now, before you leave this office.

MODAL: When you are making millionaire commissions over 14 years, whether you are a guy or gal, do not EVER be so imprudent to be inconvenient to the person (savior) who has crossed the Atlantic to save you a U.S.$ 100-million account and your job, stupid.
ABSOLUTE END.

Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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