Archive for September, 2009

What the future holds? Life in the Future From 2200 Land Owners Lose Money, and Labor Wants More Pay…. Optimistic talk from TED2009, Pete Alcorn shares a vision of the world of two centuries from now — when declining populations and growing opportunity prove Malthus was wrong. Future World

Access here “The Future of Nuclear Power” a MIT study concludes that: “Even if all the announced plans for new nuclear power plant construction are realized, the total will be well behind that needed for reaching a thousand gigawatts of new capacity worldwide by 2050″. and a video provided by UC Berkeley Energy Symposium: Leadership [...]

Apple tablet (see story by Gizmodo<=) brings us closer to ubiquity as stated by the key technology blog players (see story by Mashable<=). Apple CEO Steve Jobs has lost weight since his liver transplant operation. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)

SUMMARY OF COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS August 2009 BEIGE BOOK – DISTRIBUTED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE ON 9/9/9

John Forbes Nash, In game theory, Nash equilibrium Click the picture to access a short video on Game Theory (named after John Forbes Nash, who proposed it) is a solution concept of a game involving two or more players, in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and [...]

As we reboot the world’s economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies — and make the world a little bit better? His Wiki Top 10 TEDTalks