(Cross-post from my other blog, Outrun Change.) Seems like every morning there is a big story with details of the vast array of surveillance conducted by the federal government. Here is a broad overview of news in the last 2 weeks. First report was metadata of every phone call at Read more…
(Cross-post from my other blog, Outrun Change.)
Joke of the week – if my computer or website crashes, can I get a backup copy from NSA?
Lots of publicity this week on extensive federal monitoring of citizens and non citizens. No time to write a full post, so just a quick note to put some dots on the page. Hopefully will have time to connect them later
Four massive stories this week:
One country radically reduced the poverty rate. Took a few decades, but this country improved the living standards, income, health, and comfort of every person.
video: How nations succeed: what’s the secret to ending poverty?
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It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN, not the campus Read more…
Small startup organizations favor free and open competition.
A change in attitude can hit when the startup becomes the industry standard. Maybe at that point, it would be better to put roadblocks in the path of your new competitors. Might even be worth calling on the government to do some blocking for you.
We are used to seeing the really big companies asking governments to look at some practice of their big competitors. Won’t provide any examples, but you can think of many headlines over the last few years of one tech company or another tattling on someone else, hoping the regulators will slow down their competitors.
And as long as you didn’t really mean to off them.
(Cross-post from my other blog, Outrun Change.)
The Los Angeles Times reports Companies won’t face charges in condor deaths.
The federal Fish and Wildlife Service told the operators of Terra-Gen Power’s wind farm in the heart of condor habitat they
…will not be prosecuted if their turbines accidentally kill a condor during the expected 30-year life span of the project.
I challenge you to this experiment: Spend a few days reading nothing but technology news. Then spend a few days reading nothing but political news. For the first few days [you will] see an exciting world of innovation and creativity where everything is getting better all the time. In the Read more…
While tracking down a great quote from Churchill on free enterprise, I found a number of other great ones at The 40 Greatest Quotes From Winston Churchill, an article by John Hawkins. I’ll finish this series with two motivational comments: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is Read more…
