“…But what is truly wonderful about the “mobile miracle” is that it has accomplished something India’s old socialist policies talked about but did little to achieve: It has empowered the less fortunate.”
Category: Social
Bill Gates shares his insight on Innovation and Technical vitality – a succinct well written piece. I fully concur with his viewpoint – there is an urgent need for better science education and for reformed immigration policy for “global innovation” and for creating “greater value” (turning ideas into businesses and social welfare opportunities). An excerpt from an update — “The IT industry, I guarantee you,” Gates said, “will be in the U.S. to the degree that these smart people are here in the U.S.”
“A generals’ revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented.”
“A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians.”
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Atrocities of US soldiers in Iraq
Caution: Depressing
Simplification and availability of information enables us to do bigger/better things. “(Scientists should) take their scientific studies, market them better and make them readily accessible to the world. That way, the world might have a better chance at solving problems like energy consumption, poverty and global climate change.”
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Garbage -> Fuel
Researchers have built and tested for the military a portable machine that efficiently turns waste into electricity.
Wow, an excellent essay – only read it when you’re calm and free-minded, otherwise, it will be a boring lengthy nonsense.
Curve, Split, New, Limits, Recipes and Different.
Why we must give up our obsession with apparently-pretty rocks, for which the supply is artificially reduced and which leads to huge suffering of fellow human beings.
Wider recognition of ‘terrorism’ by the world, post 9/11, has made a positive impact. “Kashmiri and diplomatic sources say, Pakistan has ended its long time covert support to jihadi militias, support it has never admitted giving.”