Browsing Archive: August, 2012
Posted by Squatters Butterfly on Tuesday, August 21, 2012,
James Burke is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer, who is known, among other things, for his documentary television series Connections, and for its more philosophically http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/james-burke-connections/ James Burke watch Free DocumentariesConnections explores an Alternative View of Change (the subtitle of the series) that rejects the conventional linear and teleological view of historical progress. Burke contends that one cannot ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Squatters Butterfly on Tuesday, August 21, 2012,
http://www.amazon.com/The-Sovereign-Individual-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720The computer revolution, in the authors' dire scenario, will subvert and destroy the nation-state as globalized cybercommerce, lubricated by cybercurrency, drastically limits governments' powers to tax. They further predict that the next millennium will see an enormous decline in the influence of politicians, lobbyists, labor unions and regulated professions as new information technologies democratize talent an... Continue reading ...
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