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Jan 19, 2016
The Blockchain is a New Model of Governance
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bitcoin, governance
While many people focus on bitcoin’s price fluctuations and potential increase in adoption, currency is just the first application of this game-changing technology. The core of the blockchain provides an alternative governance model to the current oligarchic control shown in the harsh austerity forced against the will of the Greek people.
In the six years of its existence, public awareness of this technology has grown by leaps and bounds. Now, most who are aware of this groundbreaking innovation know the blockchain is a ledger. Yet, this ledger is not simply for accounting monetary transactions.
At its core, it is a platform that allows people to come to agreement on virtually anything without intermediaries. It provides a foundation to make social contracts based on the principle of consensus. Foremost, it enables a larger function of accounting; performing checks and balance on the self interests and the corruptible tendencies that exist in society.
Jan 19, 2016
That Weird Star That Doesn’t Have Alien Megastructures Around It? It Keeps Getting Weirder
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: alien life, habitats
While I AM aware that this is unlikely to end up being the work of an alien civilization, I DO believe that sooner or later (given the mindbogglingly powerful, state of the art observational instruments coming online soon, or already online, I’d DEFINITELY go with SOONER, rather than later!) we will detect an alien civilization in a similar way.
A star that made headlines due to weird brightness dips—leading to speculations of aliens building structures around it—is even weirder than we thought.
Jan 19, 2016
Top Ten Ideas that Prove Nikola Tesla was the Greatest Mad Scientist in History
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
We love meat. We love cheese. And for thousands of years we have relied on animals to make them. Impossible Foods has found a better way. We use plants to make the best meats and cheeses you’ll ever eat.
Jan 18, 2016
Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets
Posted by Andreas Matt in category: alien life
A reversal of thermodynamics could allow life to exist on planets orbiting a black hole, as seen in the film Interstellar.
Jan 18, 2016
Do-It-Yourself Gene-Editing Kit Transforming Biology
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Your own “Do it yourself” gene editing kit for only $120.
To “democratize” science, Josiah Zayner is packaging and selling his DIY gene-editing technique for $120 so that everyone can cut, paste and stir genes as simply as mixing a vodka tonic.
Jan 18, 2016
Why it’s so difficult to build a hydrogen bomb
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: military
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RNYe_UaWZ3U
Very true point & question to raise.
It’s been more than 60 years since the US successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb. Since then only four other countries—Russia, France, China, and the UK—have been able to make one themselves. This week North Korea claimed it had, but you can disregard Kim Jong-un’s boast for now.
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Jan 18, 2016
What’s eating Silicon Valley
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: habitats, transportation
I know many; who do take a break/ sabbatical from the valley to spend time with family or reconnect with friends on the east coast, Midwest, or other places that they refer to as home. However, once your sabbatical is in the 6 month period; you cannot wait to come back because the energy and excitement is truly hard to find anywhere else.
Like most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb) that we use every day and make the world a better place. They’ve created value, wealth, and opportunity at unprecedented historic levels.
I’ve also had the chance to meet some of the leading CEOs and entrepreneurs of the Valley and they are, by and large, good-natured, brilliant, and thoughtful people. They’re earnest and committed to building positive things. Some of them are donors to my organization, for which I’m immensely grateful. It’s clear that Silicon Valley is today more than ever the center of innovation and technological progress.
