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Nov 11
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 12, 2014)

FINANCIAL TIMES: Alibaba breaks online shopping records http://on.ft.com/1ytcyPI

THE GUARDIAN: Report claims a third of UK jobs at risk from robots http://lnkd.in/dTBpmFE

EURASIA REVIEW: Iran To Launch More Selective Internet Censorship http://lnkd.in/dzG-wPM

NEW YORK TIMES: U.S. and China Agree to Cut Tariffs, but Vie for Trade Blocs http://lnkd.in/daWGkac

WALL STREET JOURNAL: U.S., China Ready Deals to Avert Military Confrontations. Agreements Would Cover Alerts for Exercises, Set Rules of Behavior for Military Encounters http://lnkd.in/d3gvRi2

FINANCIAL TIMES: China and US look to the future with IT trade agreement http://lnkd.in/dUuaHjb

SYDNEY MORAL HERALD: Artificial intelligence and singularity could mean demise of human control http://lnkd.in/dnFdDAE

NEW YORK TIMES: Artificial Intelligence as a Threat http://lnkd.in/dfCRiPN

MARKETING MAGAZINE: Artificial intelligence is ‘key’ to big data, says Unilever’s Marc Mathieu http://lnkd.in/dAZEyqA

FINANCIAL TIMES: Artificial intelligence: machine versus man. Computers will soon become more intelligent than us. Some of the best brains in Silicon Valley are now trying to work out what happens next http://lnkd.in/dzs5atD

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Average High School Senior http://lnkd.in/dAMTRU8

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES: Google’s DeepMind Builds Artificial Intelligence Computer That Mimics Human Brain http://lnkd.in/dcDrmTZ

COMPUTERWORLD: Ask Watson or Siri: Artificial intelligence is as elusive as ever http://lnkd.in/dWCZVxS

VENTURE BEAT: Artificial intelligence is now affordable. Use it to work smarter http://lnkd.in/ddRgT3S

BUSINESSWEEK: Baidu Embraces Artificial Intelligence to Build a Better Search Engine http://lnkd.in/dWJ6TSj

RUSSIAN BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Artificial intelligence infiltrates printers http://lnkd.in/dRZdGRN

NEW YORK TIMES: Our Machine Masters http://lnkd.in/dT7Yf_H

DER SPIEGEL: Europe Prepares First Comet Landing http://lnkd.in/d2H_m2J

ROBOTICS TOMORROW: Functionalize Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Power Up 3D Printing With World’s Most Electronically Conductive 3D Printing Filament http://lnkd.in/dTsy-B3

BUSINESS INSIDER: 3D Printing Could Become A $13 Billion Industry http://lnkd.in/dNitust

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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Nov 10
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 11, 2014)

TECHCRUNCH: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella details his views on what Google and Apple do best http://tcrn.ch/1ypN0D4

REUTERS: Iranian-built copy of U.S. drone takes first flight http://lnkd.in/ddzJxZs

REUTERS: U.S. Postal Service data breach may compromise staff, customer details http://lnkd.in/dZcfTtf

GARTNER: Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015 http://lnkd.in/ds775sy

THE ECONOMIST: Google announces its own delivery drones project http://lnkd.in/dYZvgmp

THE ECONOMIST: Bioprinting: Building living tissue with a 3D printer is becoming a new business, but making whole organs for transplant remains elusive http://lnkd.in/dqs5auN

THE ECONOMIST: 3D printing software. Something out of nothing http://lnkd.in/dJTzBtH

NEW YORK TIMES: Dinner Is Printed. THE hype over 3-D printing intensifies by the day. Will it save the world? Will it bring on the apocalypse, with millions manufacturing their own AK-47s? http://lnkd.in/dJDkKsy

FORBES: 3D Printers Will Soon Change The World, If It’s Not Strangled In A Lawyered Up World http://lnkd.in/dvX4t82

NEW YORK TIMES: Drones Outpacing Rules as Popularity Soars in New York http://lnkd.in/dtwTd_V

REUTERS: Stratasys sees robust 3D-printing market as HP reveals plans http://lnkd.in/dDMrtXz

REUTERS: Google tests airborne drones to deliver goods http://lnkd.in/dUjbYMn

WALL STREET JOURNAL: How 3-D Printing Will Change Our Lives http://lnkd.in/d7W-RJf

WALL STREET JOURNAL: FAA Clears Six Film Companies to Use Drones http://lnkd.in/d-YinFT

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Deutsche Post DHL to Deliver Medicine via Drone http://lnkd.in/dwfEJAy

WALL STREET JOURNAL: FAA Gives Approval to BP to Use Commercial Drones http://lnkd.in/dhvCSPn

WALL STREET JOURNAL: It’s Time to Take Artificial Intelligence Seriously http://lnkd.in/d4zDn5p

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company http://lnkd.in/dMWyvhY

NEW YORK TIMES: Artificial Intelligence as a Threat http://lnkd.in/dfCRiPN

REUTERS: ABB invests in U.S. artificial intelligence company http://lnkd.in/d55PRMW

THE ECONOMIST: Clever cogs. The potential impacts of intelligent machines on human life http://lnkd.in/dTu-Zvm
THE ECONOMIST: The language of the internet of things. More and more devices are becoming connected, but will they speak the same language? http://lnkd.in/dMDQGqB

REUTERS: Don’t fear the Internet of things http://lnkd.in/dABmEja

NEW YORK TIMES: With $30 Million More in Hand, IFTTT Looks to the Internet of Things http://lnkd.in/d-Qg4pk

THE ECONOMIST: The dodgiest duo in the suspect six. As emerging economies hit hard times, Brazil and Russia look particularly weak http://lnkd.in/dy8dvbd

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Who Is at Fault in Ukraine? Foreign Affairs’ Brain Trust Weighs In http://lnkd.in/dM8riM9
FINANCIAL TIMES: Google moves into Nasa’s territory http://on.ft.com/1yrP7WZ

DER SPIEGEL: Mr. Europe? The Ghosts of Jean-Claude Juncker’s Past Come Back to Haunt Him http://lnkd.in/dnWZFmT
DER SPIEGEL: Iranian Nuclear Negotiator: ‘We Can’t Just Turn Back the Clock’ http://lnkd.in/dSQJcSX

FORBES: Toyota’s next Camry will also be made of aluminum: http://onforb.es/1EvrbWS

CIO: Home Depot Says 53 Million Email Addresses Compromised During Breach http://lnkd.in/dshY3if

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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Nov 9
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 10, 2014)

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: Google ALSO Wants to Store Your Genome. For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud. http://lnkd.in/dAjHdHj

POPULAR SCIENCE: Bionic Bird Drone May Fool Actual Birds. This biomimetic flying device can be controlled by a smartphone, to entertain people and cats alike. http://lnkd.in/d2Mcz9R

NEW YORK TIMES: A Strategy for Rich Countries: Absorb More Immigrants http://lnkd.in/dJUabhh

WASHINGTON POST: HP’s bold plan to become the first mainstream 3D printing company http://wapo.st/1ttYWiZ

THE ECONOMIST: America’s crackdown on tax evasion: Weil walks http://econ.st/1vTJRsK

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370? THE ECONOMIST: Hacking aircraft. Remote control http://lnkd.in/d9wd_-Y

CHINA DAILY USA: Canada becomes first yuan clearance hub in Americas http://ow.ly/E1NmW

ENGADGET: 3D Robotics is building the drones that just about anyone can fly http://lnkd.in/d45qtd8

THE ATLANTIC: This Cyborg Cockroach Could Save Your Life Someday. Bugs backpacked with microphones could be deployed to disaster zones in the future. http://lnkd.in/dD_yQ9r

THE ECONOMIST: It is the 0.01% in America who are really getting richer http://econ.st/1uG8hLx

BLOOMBERG MARKET: Jack Ma, China’s richest man, plans to make #Alibaba the go-to global marketplace: http://bloom.bg/1ynfCgl

FINANCIAL TIMES: China’s answer to Warren Buffett, Guo Guangchang, talks tai chi over #LunchwiththeFT http://on.ft.com/1EbpEmH

PHYS ORG: ‘Big data’ takes root in the world of plant research http://lnkd.in/dSRtJJJ

THE ECONOMIST: James Lord of Morgan Stanley, a bank, labelled Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey the “fragile five” http://econ.st/1zA1K6k

COMPUTERWORLD: An Internet sales tax would cost online shoppers billions http://lnkd.in/dfyQ57k

WALL STREET JOURNAL: How China’s new trade routes center it on the geopolitical map http://on.wsj.com/1ymYcR0

WIRED: A Military-Grade Drone That Can Be Printed Anywhere http://lnkd.in/dYyDeJH

BBC: 3D printing helps make drones faster. 3D printing has been described as the “future of manufacturing” and is increasingly being used to make everything from film props to food. The technology is also being used to make unmanned aerial vehicles as the parts can be designed quicker and made…more http://lnkd.in/dnGtkQZ

BBC: Parkinson’s stem cell ‘breakthrough’. Stem cells can be used to heal the damage in the brain caused by Parkinson’s disease, according to scientists in Sweden. http://lnkd.in/d_hCySg

THE ECONOMIST: East Asian firms in China: Taiwan, Japan and South Korea employ huge numbers of mainland Chinese http://lnkd.in/dYt_MrX

REUTERS: Samsung Electronics near license for new $3 billion Vietnam mobile phone plant http://lnkd.in/dxeEcH5

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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Nov 8
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 09, 2014)

NEW YORK TIMES: Home Depot Says Hackers Also Stole Email Addresses http://lnkd.in/dmDSkuK

NEW YORK TIMES: International Raids Target Sites Selling Contraband on the ‘Dark Web’ http://lnkd.in/dc2jZdC

BUSINESS STANDARD: 50% of occupations today will no longer exist in 2025: Report. Workspaces with row of desks will become completely redundant, not because they are not fit for purpose, but simply because that purpose no longer exists, the report predicts http://lnkd.in/dFyWwk2

BUSINESSWEEK: David Cameron kept Scotland in the U.K., but the rise of right-wing nationalists could cost him his job: http://buswk.co/1uKH4H5

FOREIGN POLICY: Asian countries are wary about Beijing’s growing power, but China still brings home the bacon. http://atfp.co/1z9Tkje

NBC: Gorbachev Warns World is on Brink of ‘New Cold War’ http://nbcnews.to/1uNQBhh

BBC NEWS: Ex-USSR leader Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War http://lnkd.in/dtwysHG

The Huffington Post: Why Gorbachev Feels Betrayed By The Post-Cold War West http://lnkd.in/dCPTsiV

MARKET WATCH: Gorbachev says don’t pick on Putin http://lnkd.in/dWSK9xS

FOREIGN POLICY: Emerging market economies are in a lot more trouble than investors want to believe. http://atfp.co/1wECOYU

Discover Magazine: The mystery of the Virgin Galactic pilot’s error: http://bit.ly/1uafHEX

BIGTHINK: Your Brain Peforms Better When It Slows Down, with Steven Kotler http://lnkd.in/dgvCMxY

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Big Data Gets Master Treatment at B-Schools. One-Year Analytics Programs Cater to Shift in Students’ Ambitions http://lnkd.in/dWznGnn

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Elon Musk’s Next Mission: Internet Satellites. SpaceX, Tesla Founder Explores Venture to Make Lighter, Cheaper Satellites http://lnkd.in/d4vN-AM

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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@ThisSuccess

Nov 8
2014

World Inequality, Digital Life & the State

. @hjbentham. @TheVenusProject. @clubofinfo. #futurism. #LOrdre. #antistatism.

The creeping social inequality in Britain has become a source of growing concern to many. When strikes and despair over the income disparity within a single country or locale feature often in our politics, do we unjustly forget the scale of global wealth inequality?

I am not writing this article to belie the social calamity of income inequality in Britain, nor to argue for more urgency in remedial foreign policies such as development assistance. This is purely an analysis of the long-term crisis represented by global disparities of wealth, and the historical choices it will force on many actors in the world-system, from states to activists.

In a talk I heard in my studies at Lancaster University in 2012, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke gave his predictions on the greatest threats to global security in the short-term and long-term future. One of his predictions struck me as the most important: the ease with which modern media allows different strata of the world to see one another’s vastly different lifestyles, thus threatening to turn global inequality into an ever greater spectacle. This spectacle has the potential to inspire global rage, perhaps justifiable in the same sense as encountered in the years preceding the French Revolution. Indeed, the present world order resembles France’s Ancien Régime in many ways.

Interestingly, the term “Third World”, used to denote less “developed” states, comes from the term “Third Estate”, which referred to “commoners” in France’s Ancien Régime – the subjects who rose up and turned their kingdom into a republic. Famously, Alfred Sauvy coined the term when he presented an analogy between exploited colonial states under the European powers and exploited subjects living under absolute monarchy, in an article for L’Observateur in 1952.

Since Sauvy coined the term, decolonization has achieved its popular ends, but an exploitative structure remains in place. At least that is the view of dependency theorists, world-systems theorists and other structuralist critics of the international system. The most eminent of these analysts is Immanuel Wallerstein, possibly the greatest sociologist alive.

In Wallerstein’s analysis, the modern thesis of “development” supported by the United Nations and other intergovernmental institutions is as much to blame for world inequality as Europe’s colonial “civilizing” thesis that came before it. In his widely taught theory of the world-system, the world can be socially and geographically broken down into three strata based on the kind of production processes occurring in different states and geographic regions.

Immanuel Wallerstein sees world inequality not as something proceeding from countries lagging behind others as a result of historic oppression and debt, but as something proceeding from the existence of “countries” altogether. In his assessment, the division of the world into distinct nation-states is founded on arbitrary distinctions among the human race, and this gives rise to world inequality. Taking up such logic, it is hard for one to deny that the dissolution of the nation-state model itself would be a core part of any long-term political designs for remedying world inequality.

If the abandonment of the nation-state model seems too radical for you at this stage, it is not too radical for Wallerstein. In Utopistics (1998) he predicts that a crisis that could occur as early as the coming half-century will create real opportunities to seriously challenge the nation-state model. He does not say what alternative system this crisis entails, but argues that there will be a unique opportunity to construct something far more egalitarian than anything previously known. If a more equitable order is indeed gained, this would involve borders ceasing to be necessary or recognized, and authoritarian state norms becoming unsustainable.

We can already see antagonisms that are directly tied to the transnational wealth inequalities on which this article is focused. Often misleadingly framed as issues between two states, they are actually issues between opposing strata of the world-system itself. Such issues include crises on the land, like migration to the United States through its brutally enforced border with Mexico, and the inhumane occupation of Palestinian land by the Israeli State. They include crises on the water, such as migration from North Africa to Spain and Italy.

The crises tied to the enforcement of borders are part of the larger crisis gripping what Wallerstein calls the “interstate system”. This interstate system is the “political superstructure” of a global division of labor predicated on the historic industrial inequality persisting between entire continents and so-called nations. Strong states possess advanced factories and skills, while weak states are left to mine arduously. Wallerstein describes this exploitative situation in terms of a “core-periphery” relationship, in which the industrialized powers represent the “core”.

Another side to this crisis of the state is the alarming spread of internecine conflict and the growing perception of law enforcers as illegitimate, arbitrary and cruel (the 2014 Ferguson Riots are a compelling example of this and demonstrate that the US is not exempt). Such trends point inexorably towards the view that the nation-state may eventually be fated to be abandoned – not just in a particular country, but everywhere.

In my view, Wallerstein’s analysis is compelling. However, it lacks emphasis on the dawn of digital life, which has added a whole new dimension to the crisis of the world-system by literally turning the world into a community of individuals interacting on an unprecedented supranational level. This is historically important and bound to change global politics for very profound and complex reasons.

Another key historian of the world-system, Benedict Anderson, says something insightful about our modern nation-states in his book, Imagined Communities (1982). His analysis differs from Wallerstein’s, mainly due to his greater emphasis on technology and language. He gives the example of Bismarck’s Germany as the first modern nation-state, which differs from Wallerstein’s preoccupation with revolutionary France. In Imagined Communities, Anderson explains that the telegraph and rail systems allowed Germany to become a unified nation, by developing a sense of national consciousness.

If telegraph led to the formation of national consciousness through an illusory sense of community enough to give rise to a nation, surely it follows that the internet – with its profound revolution in our lives – will give rise to something equally significant. The champion of today’s rebel “cypherpunk” elite, Julian Assange, has said something very approximate to this in his own rhetoric, arguing that a “new body politic” is rising to challenge government authority through the internet. He also describes digital life as borderless and free, in such a way that can only become more and more real as digital technology continues its exponential growth. It is no accident that this sounds like the egalitarian post-state future leaned towards by Wallerstein as humanity’s noblest alternative.

Modern political legitimacy is founded on the doctrine of popular sovereignty, as Immanuel Wallerstein repeatedly points out in his works. One may be the citizen of a “nation” by having certain arbitrary qualities or place of birth, and as such may be treated equally and defended by a given state. This is what we call being part of a nation, whether it is the United States or a highly contested “state” like Palestine or Abkhazia. However, the basis of such an institution is very much in question, and in the future it will become increasingly weakened by the growing transnational consciousness brought about by weakening borders and exponential digital communication.

Where does this lead us? Shall we reject popular sovereignty as obsolete? Impossible. It is the sacrosanct foundation of all modern democracy and civil rights, and the only reliable metric of social progress. Self-determination of nations has been part of the doctrine of popular sovereignty, as is the idea that regimes must be legitimately elected to power by their constituent nations. However, if the nation is to become obsolete, as predicted in Wallerstein’s analysis of the crisis of the world-system, self-determination still stands because human rights are sacrosanct. The self-recognition of transnational humanity as sovereign must follow, and global lines of transport and communication make that feasible. The hard part is educating people that their dear “nation” no longer exists, and that is why speech and writing to sustain a global social narrative are so vital.

Perhaps the end result of the self-determination of humanity is not necessarily “global citizenship” as predicted by some (redundant, since citizenship is designed to exclude others and serves no purpose if it lacks this proscriptive power). Nor is it necessarily “world government”. However, we can know that human rights like self-determination will outlive the existence of the nation-state, and the alternative regime will then be designed and elected by the whole of transnational humanity rather than a particular group.

A new form of network-centric governance, authoritative but not authoritarian, based on scientific methods of evaluation, and tolerating no disparities in wealth or information, is a model that could supersede all the nations and make world inequality obsolete. Such a revised politics would be intellectually consistent with and assist to usher in a Global Resource-Based Economy.

By Harry J. Bentham – More articles by Harry J. Bentham

Originally published in Issue 13 of The Venus Project Magazine

Nov 6
2014

FM-2030: What is the Future of Democracy? Part 1

The audio in this archive file was compiled from a 1984 meeting of futurists, transhumanists & progressives. The main topic of the meeting was the most appropriate ways to engage or advance these philosophies within government. For example, one significant point of discussion centered around whether running for office was an effective way to drive change.

The excerpts in this archive file collect many of futurist FM 2030’s thoughts over the course of the discussion.

About FM 2030: FM 2030 was at various points in his life, an Iranian Olympic basketball player, a diplomat, a university teacher, and a corporate consultant. He developed his views on transhumanism in the 1960s and evolved them over the next thirty-something years. He was placed in cryonic suspension July 8th, 2000.

Nov 5
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 06, 2014)

THE ATLANTIC: The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSD http://lnkd.in/dYbe4q7

WASHINGTON POST: Verizon, AT&T tracking their users with ‘supercookies’ http://lnkd.in/dCcqG7T

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Virgin Galactic pilot defied the odds to survive crash http://lnkd.in/daPd5Yi

CIO: How to Develop Applications for the Internet of Things http://lnkd.in/dtcF6Rr

NEW YORK TIMES: Top British Spy Warns of Terrorists’ Use of Social Media http://lnkd.in/dPnPEcz

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: fMRI Data Reveals the Number of Parallel Processes Running in the Brain. The human brain carries out many tasks at the same time, but how many? Now fMRI data has revealed just how parallel gray matter is. http://lnkd.in/dz9h5pK

BLOOMBERG: Qatar, Citic Plan to Start $10 Billion Investment Fund. Qatar’s sovereign-wealth fund, which controls more than $100 billion of assets, plans to set up a $10 billion investment venture with China’s Citic Group as it seeks to diversify from retail and property assets in Europe. http://lnkd.in/dmS9wNf

THE ECONOMIST: Rise of the robots http://lnkd.in/dh_7asG

FORBES: Automation Is On The Rise: Will Robots Soon Be Commonplace? http://lnkd.in/dYGpdAD

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

DAILY MAIL: Artificial intelligence ‘could be the worst thing to happen to humanity’: Stephen Hawking warns that rise of robots may be disastrous for mankind. http://lnkd.in/dNUHnt5

CBSNEWS: Robots on the rise in the workplace. Steve Kroft reports on technological advances, especially robotics, that are revolutionizing the workplace, but not necessarily creating jobs http://lnkd.in/daquEkW

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Plans Nuclear Summit Boycott http://lnkd.in/dvpEnWw

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Vindicating Volatility. Why Fluctuating Oil Prices Are Here To Stay http://lnkd.in/dz6khjS

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Process Before Policy. How Washington Can Avert Financial Ruin After the Election http://lnkd.in/dT3QtuM

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The End of the Military-Industrial Complex. How the Pentagon Is Adapting to Globalization http://lnkd.in/dxVuzbE

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: National Insecurity. Just How Safe Is the United States? http://lnkd.in/dHkj4RG

FORBES: There are nearly 7.2 billion people on the planet. These are the 72 who rule the world. http://lnkd.in/dQVadb9

HERALD ONLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin Tops Forbes’ 2014 Ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People for the Second Year in a Row. http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/11/05/6495644/russian-presi…rylink=cpy

REUTERS: Amazon tries out taxi deliveries in California cities, WSJ reports http://lnkd.in/dnmq2ej

BLOOMBERG: Mercedes Puts Tesla Technology Beneath Hood to Chase BMW http://lnkd.in/d7Y6Jvi

TIME: A single-malt from Japan has been named the best whisky in the world for the first time. http://lnkd.in/dBjA4cv

BLOOMBERG: A Slovakian Startup Is Building a Flying Car http://lnkd.in/dNv9gqu

FORBES: Amazon Faces ‘Bloodbath’ As Tech Giants Square Off In India http://lnkd.in/dt4gcPT

BUSINESS INSIDER: Here’s The Evidence That The Tech Bubble Is About To Burst http://lnkd.in/dxSWmiX

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: Monetizing Big Data: A Q&A with Wells Fargo’s Data Chief http://www.information-management.com/news/Monetizing-Big-Da…#45;1.html

SYMMETRY MAGAZINE: Physicists and other scientists use the GEANT4 toolkit to identify problems before they occur. http://lnkd.in/dXFpgqA

QUANTUM MAGAZINE: In a Multiverse, What Are the Odds? Testing the multiverse hypothesis requires measuring whether our universe is statistically typical among the infinite variety of universes. But infinity does a number on statistics. http://lnkd.in/dkVcrjx

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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Nov 4
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 05, 2014)

BBC: Virgin Galactic crash: Pilots’ actions analysed. SpaceShipTwo broke apart just seconds after igniting its rocket engine for a test outing above California on Friday. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29895140

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: “Dark Web” Version of Facebook Shows a New Way to Secure the Web. A new way to access Facebook securely and anonymously via the “dark Web” could provide a model for other sites. http://lnkd.in/dKgNqPS

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Virgin Galactic crash: Copilot who died unlocked lever early, NTSB says http://lnkd.in/dRAeMHf

NEW YORK TIMES: Accidents at Virgin Galactic and Orbital Sciences Show Hurdles for Private Space Efforts http://lnkd.in/dARD8DB

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Safety Board Cites Improper Pilot Command in Virgin Galactic Crash. Accident Sets Back Ambitious Timetables for Space Tourism and Other Commercial Ventures. http://lnkd.in/d-qyJGF

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Virgin Galactic crash investigators eye pilot interface. National Transportation Safety Board investigators examining the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo have determined that the craft’s rudders rotated up prematurely, causing it to break apart midair. http://lnkd.in/dXWSfgJ

REUTERS: Toyota recalls 5,850 cars, mostly in U.S., for possible steering issue http://lnkd.in/duj-GDG

REUTERS: Ford calls back more than 202,000 vehicles in five North American recalls http://lnkd.in/d3fDkNC

REUTERS: Wider U.S. trade deficit, weak exports point to slower growth http://lnkd.in/d9wzp3B

REUTERS: Wall St. slips as energy extends recent slide http://lnkd.in/ddDYVBE

CIO: The Google Shakeup Continues: Andy Rubin is Out http://lnkd.in/dzCBTqs

SINGULARITY HUB: Elon Musk Is Right: Colonizing the Solar System Is Humankind’s Insurance Policy Against Extinction http://lnkd.in/d9TXuDY

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: In the Future Your Therapy and Education Will Be Tailored to Your Brain http://lnkd.in/dbwn9pw

THE VERGE: The Big Future: What is the future of food? http://lnkd.in/d9si6RC

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Egypt’s Army of God. The Largest Arab Military Isn’t As Secular As It Seems http://lnkd.in/dfqiGZt

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Moscow’s Spy Game. Why Russia Is Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine http://lnkd.in/dkGr9bG

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The Future of Cities. The Internet of Everything will Change How We Live. As much as the Internet has already changed the world, it is the Web’s next phase that will bring the biggest opportunities, revolutionizing the way we live, work, play, and learn. http://lnkd.in/dY5Yi3P

DER SPIEGEL: Germany’s New Right: The Unholy Alliance of Neo-Nazis and Football Hooligans http://lnkd.in/dmPhGYc

DER SPIEGEL: Sun Sets on Golden Dawn: Greek Party Accused in Killings and Racist Attacks. Greece’s public prosecutor claims the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party bears all the characteristics of a ‘criminal organization’. http://lnkd.in/diHcvm7

IEEE Spectrum: Robotic Micro-Scallops Can Swim Through Your Eyeballs http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/r…r-eyeballs

POPULAR SCIENCE: Watch A Drone Take Off From Another Drone http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/watch-drone-take-an…amp;dom=fb

CIO: One Code to Rule Them All: Dronecode http://www.cio.com/article/2841815/developer/one-code-to-rul…ecode.html

BUSINESS INSIDER: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About The Company Testing Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipT http://lnkd.in/djW-Sgu

YAHOO NEWS: Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash http://lnkd.in/danPpA9

GIGAOM: Looking for an architecture for the internet of things? Try DNS. http://lnkd.in/dfucaUV

FORBES: Five Software Approaches To Harness The Internet Of Things http://lnkd.in/dtEnbbc

FORBES: Two High-Tech Stories To Watch In 2015: Digital and Industrial Internet of Things http://lnkd.in/dBNM9Yz

TECH CRUNCH: Google Reveals ‘The Physical Web,’ A Project To Make Internet Of Things Interaction App-Less. The Physical Web to provide “interaction on demand” so that people can walk up and use any smart devices without the need for intervening mobile apps. http://lnkd.in/d8TkghV

BUSINESS INSIDER: A white-hat hacker discovered a dangerous vulnerability in three Apple operating systems http://read.bi/10rZM94

BUSINESS INSIDER: The one big mystery at the heart of the Virgin Galactic probe http://read.bi/10s7XCn

FINANCIAL TIMES: Oil slides after Saudi cuts US prices http://on.ft.com/1wv2yXI

CIO: Google and LG strike broad patent licensing deal http://trib.al/zbgm8i9

STRATFOR: Traveling Through Multiple Europes http://lnkd.in/dmwkfXF

MASHABLE: Alibaba revenues surge 54% in first earnings report as a public company. China’s ecommerce giant is getting even bigger. http://lnkd.in/da5cYTi

THE ECONOMIST: If banks can be hacked, why not aircraft? http://econ.st/1scrspO

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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Nov 3
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 04, 2014)

BBC: Virgin Galactic crash: Descent system ‘deployed early’ http://lnkd.in/dHrit-u

WIRED: An Unprecedented Look at Stuxnet, the World’s First Digital Weapon http://lnkd.in/d2n4SP9

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Safety Board Cites Improper Pilot Command in Virgin Galactic Crash. Accident Sets Back Ambitious Timetables for Space Tourism & Other Commercial Ventures. http://lnkd.in/d-qyJGF

REUTERS: Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash. http://lnkd.in/d83T-Nv

THE GUARDIAN: Virgin Galactic space plane’s re-entry system activated early, say investigators. Safety board chairman says premature deployment of feathering system ‘a statement of fact and not a statement of cause’ http://lnkd.in/d_VqDpR

ENGADGET: Investigators pin Virgin Galactic’s crash on faulty tail deployment http://lnkd.in/dyN9nsB

DER SPIEGEL: Monetary Fallacy? Deep Divisions Emerge over ECB Quantitative Easing Plans http://lnkd.in/d_JncYM

DER SPIEGEL: Merkel Fears Britain Crossing a Red Line on Immigration http://lnkd.in/dNBC2Ra

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia and China Thwart Dream for Marine Sanctuary in Antarctica http://lnkd.in/de8Zh6m

CNN Miles O’Brien said that Virgin Galactic had “consistently underestimated the risk involved.” http://lnkd.in/d7jCjdq

NEW SCIENTIST: Build a stable wormhole with the help of dark aliens http://lnkd.in/d-3CqYF

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: With $100 Million, Entrepreneur Sees Path to Disrupt Medical Imaging. Will ultrasound-on-a-chip make medical imaging so cheap that anyone can do it? http://lnkd.in/drZGw-u

THE ECONOMIST: Europe’s banks are in decent shape-but that is not enough to repair its economy http://econ.st/1wN1zls

TECH CRUNCH: China developed an anti-drone laser tech that can apparently shoot down a low flying drone http://tcrn.ch/1xS6BeW

BROOKINGS: From Russia, Without Love http://lnkd.in/dtR7G99

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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Nov 2
2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (November 03, 2014)

REUTERS: Wanted: 500,000 pilots for China aviation gold rush http://lnkd.in/dj7kMfz

PHYS ORG: Self-driving vehicles generate enthusiasm, concerns worldwide http://lnkd.in/dmjJMgR

BBC: Germany ‘would accept UK exit from EU’ to protect migration rules http://lnkd.in/dPX_9Hm

COMPUTERWORLD: If Ebola’s a problem here, just imagine it in India http://lnkd.in/d7GNxhT

THE BULLETIN: Internet-trading platforms: Making it easier to get around sanctions? http://lnkd.in/dDD8nXT

THE BULLETIN: Which is the greater threat to the United States and the world: ISIS or Ebola? http://lnkd.in/dURGWCC

THE ECONOMIST: Such a dramatic fall in the price of crude oil has global consequences. Who wins, who loses? http://econ.st/1xPQYET

BBC: Micro-rockets ‘can destroy chemical weapons’ http://lnkd.in/dV7YjEu

Cheating Richard Branson, Success, Unpreparedness, Failure, and Death! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141031195620&#…-and-death

THE GUARDIAN: In North Korea, fear takes hold over new foreign threat: Ebola. World’s toughest measures against the disease have been imposed in a country far from west Africa, and with few tourists http://lnkd.in/dectm7b

THE GUARDIAN: While the internet is accountable to nobody, privacy will be in crisis. It is time to bring humanity back to the networks that hear everything, track our lives, and mine information bought and sold http://lnkd.in/di2a2GN

THE GUARDIAN: Google fined for ‘disrespectful’ Street View photos of woman’s cleavage. A Canadian woman said she was derided and abused after a Google Street View car captured an image of her outside her house http://lnkd.in/dZpU5tb

NEW YORK TIMES: Megan Smith: ‘You Can Affect Billions of People’. The chief technology officer of the United States is bringing a Silicon Valley ethos to Washington. http://lnkd.in/d_Q3Vm2

NEW YORK TIMES: Amazon’s Grand Design in Devices. Amazon introduces new gadgets the way a guerrilla army prepares for attack: unsteadily at first, and then with unexpected ferocity. http://lnkd.in/df8zCbc

NATURE: Solution-processed, high-performance light-emitting diodes based on quantum dots. http://lnkd.in/dX-X8Wk

THE ECONOMIST: How firms are adapting to a virus that threatens economies as well as lives http://econ.st/1sPz5lf

THE GUARDIAN: How Virgin Galactic space program has been plagued by fuel problems that killed three engineers in 2007 ahead of fatal explosion at 45,000ft http://lnkd.in/dGtGd-j

FINANCIAL TIMES: Branson’s space mission brought to earth http://on.ft.com/1A1m41I

SLATE: America’s war against ISIS is turning into a quagmire: http://slate.me/1xODp8z

ENGINEERING: Could Gliders Boost Rockets Into Orbit and Beyond? NASA has successfully flight-tested a prototype twin-fuselage towed glider that could lead to rockets being launched from pilotless aircraft at high altitudes – a technology application that could significantly reduce the cost and…more http://lnkd.in/dwbZWNf

FRANCE 24: Bill Gates to give $500 million for malaria, other diseases http://f24.my/1A1qIgd

THE ECONOMIST: France’s largest companies are losing their bosses at a remarkable rate http://econ.st/1tmJDfg

THE GUARDIAN: IPCC report: six graphs that show how we’re changing the world’s climate. We look at the data that underpins the forthcoming IPCC climate science report detailing humanity’s influence on the climate, global impacts and solutions http://lnkd.in/dkTGHhV

TECHREPUBLIC: CIOs feel pressure to innovate amidst disruptive technology threat http://www.techrepublic.com/article/cios-feel-pressure-to-in…gy-threat/
THE DIPLOMAT: The Japan-China Defense Hotline’s Growing Importance The Japan-U.S. defense guidelines update is necessitating dialogue in the East China Sea. http://lnkd.in/dAM8CzY
BLOOMBERG: Ship for Space Tourists Crashes, 1 Pilot Reported Dead; Second Failure in Week http://lnkd.in/dR-C8cV

BLOOMBERG: Pacific Air Force Chief Says Wary of Risky Flying by China Jets http://lnkd.in/dFYES2Q

YAHOO NEWS: Virgin ‘ignored’ space safety warnings: expert http://lnkd.in/d_6iuKD

BUSINESS INSIDER: One Dead, One Injured In Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash.Business Insider contacted Northrup Grumman, but the company wasn’t able to comment. We also reached out to Scaled Composites, but the company has not yet returned our calls. http://lnkd.in/dhHWa7G

NATURAL NEWS: U.S. government secretly searches for technology to combat aerosolized Ebola http://lnkd.in/drgfaVU

FORTUNE: After two crashes, private space industry faces inevitable questions. Will back-to-back space flight accidents this week give customers of private space companies second thoughts? http://lnkd.in/dzH4M5b

FORBES: NTSB Begins Its Investigation Of Virgin Galactic Crash http://lnkd.in/dHDrqax

POPULAR SCIENCE: What New Chinese Weapons Will We See At This Year’s Zhuhai Air Show? http://lnkd.in/dXTJ_xd

TECHCRUNCH: Bitcoin Brothers Aim To Disrupt Bitcoin Mining With New, More Powerful, Supercomputers http://lnkd.in/dH-rstw

THE INDEPENDENT: Virgin Galactic crash: Spaceflight company was warned of safety issues, expert claims. Virgin Galactic was given warnings several years ago about the danger of its rockets but chose to ignore cautions from experts, it has been claimed. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/virgin-gala…34068.html

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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