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Monday, November 30, 2009

10 Years Ago: A WTO Memoir Part 2 (Tuesday, N30)

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I had to teach a couple of math classes in the early afternoon north of Seattle.  After returning to central Seattle about 3:00 PM (there wa...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

10 Years Ago: A WTO Memoir Part 1 (Monday N29)

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Ten years ago tonight, living in Seattle, I was curious about the WTO Ministerial Meeting.  I can't say I new much about it at the time....

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Experiences may be both relative and irrelevant .
Saturday, November 28, 2009

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Ideal outcomes only exist in stories.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

On Singularities #5

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Technology is an application of technique.  As such, it is subject to the constraints of the science upon which it is based.  By its nature,...
Monday, November 23, 2009

On Singularities #4

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Commonly, there are two broad categories of scenarios that will result in singularities.  The first, which can be represented by the science...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

On Singularities #3

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Singularities may not be singular.
Thursday, November 19, 2009

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For a believer, facts are not always truth.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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"I returned to the Holiday Inn — where they have a swimming pool and air-conditioned rooms — to consider the paradox of a nation that h...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

On Singularities #2

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i. Society and culture are discarded as impediments for the furtherance of a technological society.  Who needs them? ii. No one would actu...
Friday, November 13, 2009

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A technological society can only be destroyed from without, whereas it may only be undermined from within.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Truth, told through lies, undermines itself.

Propaganda Technique: Example

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See Here for my discussion of the a propaganda technique that attempts to equate two unlike thing.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

On Singularities #1

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A singularity , to use a physics metaphor, is basically a future event or existence that is impossible to predict as this time.  The best on...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

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When it comes to living standards, absolute comparisons carry little weight.  Who cares if one lives better than one's ancestors?