Foresight Links for Jan 24, 6:00 am

// January 24th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight

• Treating Genetic Disorders Before Birth, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  Physicians may one day be able to treat genetic blood diseases before a child is even born. In a study of mice that was published this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have found…
• Phil Bowermaster on the Singularity, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
  Over at the Speculist, Phil Bowermaster understands the points I made in “Yes, the Singularity is the biggest threat to humanity”, which, by the way, was recently linked by Instapundit, who unfortunately probably doesn’t get the point I’m trying to make. Anyway, Phil said: Greater than human intelligences might wipe (Read more…)
• Waiting For Betelgeuse To Explode: 2012? Second Sun?, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
  Either we won’t live to see it or Betelgeuse could do a supernova explosion at any time and for a couple of weeks it’ll be much brighter out. The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is oc…
• iPad 2 Won’t Have 2048 by 1536 Resolution, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  It’s unlikely the rumored iPad 2 tablet will have a screen resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels–four times that of the current 1024-by-768 iPad. But future iPads might, according to research firm IDC. Citing sources from component manufacturers, Taiwanes…
• Dying Star Betelgeuse Won’t Explode in 2012, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  The super-giant red star Betelgeuse in Orion’s nebula is predicted to cataclysmically explode, and the impending supernova may even reach Earth — someday. But will it happen by 2012, as recent news reports suggest? Probably not, experts told FoxNews.c…

Foresight Links for Jan 24, 6:00 am

// January 24th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight

Foresight Links for Jan 24, 6:00 am

// January 24th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight

• Treating Genetic Disorders Before Birth, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  Physicians may one day be able to treat genetic blood diseases before a child is even born. In a study of mice that was published this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have found…
• Phil Bowermaster on the Singularity, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
  Over at the Speculist, Phil Bowermaster understands the points I made in “Yes, the Singularity is the biggest threat to humanity”, which, by the way, was recently linked by Instapundit, who unfortunately probably doesn’t get the point I’m trying to make. Anyway, Phil said: Greater than human intelligences might wipe (Read more…)
• Waiting For Betelgeuse To Explode: 2012? Second Sun?, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
  Either we won’t live to see it or Betelgeuse could do a supernova explosion at any time and for a couple of weeks it’ll be much brighter out. The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is oc…
• iPad 2 Won’t Have 2048 by 1536 Resolution, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  It’s unlikely the rumored iPad 2 tablet will have a screen resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels–four times that of the current 1024-by-768 iPad. But future iPads might, according to research firm IDC. Citing sources from component manufacturers, Taiwanes…
• Dying Star Betelgeuse Won’t Explode in 2012, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  The super-giant red star Betelgeuse in Orion’s nebula is predicted to cataclysmically explode, and the impending supernova may even reach Earth — someday. But will it happen by 2012, as recent news reports suggest? Probably not, experts told FoxNews.c…

Foresight Links for Jan 24, 6:00 am

// January 24th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight

• Treating Genetic Disorders Before Birth, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  Physicians may one day be able to treat genetic blood diseases before a child is even born. In a study of mice that was published this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have found…
• Phil Bowermaster on the Singularity, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
  Over at the Speculist, Phil Bowermaster understands the points I made in “Yes, the Singularity is the biggest threat to humanity”, which, by the way, was recently linked by Instapundit, who unfortunately probably doesn’t get the point I’m trying to make. Anyway, Phil said: Greater than human intelligences might wipe …
• Waiting For Betelgeuse To Explode: 2012? Second Sun?, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
  Either we won’t live to see it or Betelgeuse could do a supernova explosion at any time and for a couple of weeks it’ll be much brighter out. The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is oc…
• iPad 2 Won’t Have 2048 by 1536 Resolution, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  It’s unlikely the rumored iPad 2 tablet will have a screen resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels–four times that of the current 1024-by-768 iPad. But future iPads might, according to research firm IDC. Citing sources from component manufacturers, Taiwanes…
• Dying Star Betelgeuse Won’t Explode in 2012, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
  The super-giant red star Betelgeuse in Orion’s nebula is predicted to cataclysmically explode, and the impending supernova may even reach Earth — someday. But will it happen by 2012, as recent news reports suggest? Probably not, experts told FoxNews.c…

Hindsight Links for Jan 21, 6:00 am

// January 21st, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Hindsight

• Have a Question for Procter & Gamble CTO Bruce Brown?, Scott Anthony @ HBR.org:
  Next Monday I am going to be facilitating a panel discussion in Singapore on “Asia Fuelling Global Innovation.” After sharing…
• Obama Must Push for a Higher Yuan, Team @ HBR.org:
  President Obama is now meeting with China’s President Hu Jintao over a number of tough issues, among them the value…
• Why Wal-Mart Is Making Our Health Its Problem, Team @ HBR.org:
  The health problems caused by the consumption of salty and transfat-laden foods are the ultimate externality. That’s the economist’s term…
• Freecity Supershop Supermät, Team @ Cool Hunting:
  A shop known as much for its free organic OJ as its silk-screen printed tees, Nina Garduno recently moved her westside mainstay Freecity from Malibu to Hollywood. While the new home is 3,000 square feet, the “supermät” will keep a neighborhood feeling with its locally-sourced goods and welcoming vibe….
• Are You Wasting Money On Useless Knowledge Management?, Team @ HBR.org:
  Is your company investing in expensive knowledge management systems that are useless for making big, strategy decisions? Most companies recognize…

Insight Links for Jan 19, 9:19 pm

// January 19th, 2011 // No Comments » // Opinion

• Mating strategies in primates: A game theoretical approach to infanticide, Team @ Complexity Digest 2011.02:
  Infanticide by newly immigrated or newly dominant males is reported among a variety of taxa, such as birds, rodents, carnivores and primates. Here we present a game theoretical model to explain the presence and prevalence of infanticide in primate g…
• The Referendum Hangover – By Maggie Fick, MAGGIE FICK @ Foreign Policy:
  January 9 may well have been the happiest and most hopeful day Southern Sudan has seen in half a century. But there is a danger in celebrating too soon.
• Deepening crisis traps America’s have-nots, Robin Wood @ Everyone’s Blog Posts – R2 Global Meshwork:
  
  
  

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• Remembering Zoe Anderson, 1986 — 2010, Team @ TED Blog:
  The TED community is grieving the loss of Zoe Anderson, the 24-year-old daughter of TED Curator Chris Anderson. She died tragically of carbon monoxide poisoning on December 28, 2010. Chris has posted this beautiful tribute to Zoe’s life (including wonderful photos) and her many, many friends have created this Facebook Memorial for her. A true [...]
• Tapping Into the Power of Clarity to Live More Consciously, Robin Wood @ Everyone’s Blog Posts – R2 Global Meshwork:

  By Bill Austin

   

  The big difference between masters and masters-in-training is that masters are more conscious and aware of who they are and how people and events impact them energetically. In other words, masters tap into the power of clarity whereas…

• Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything, Team @ Complexity Digest 2011.04:
  What if there were a computer that could answer virtually any question? IBM engineers are developing such a machine, teaching it to compete on the quiz show Jeopardy. It will have to understand language, including puns and irony, and master e…
• Tunisian cyberspace as a terrain of struggle, Michel Bauwens @ P2P Foundation:
  Excerpted from a detailed report by Nate Anderson in Wired: “Here’s a guide to the part of this battle fought in cyberspace over the last month. * Web blocking: Soon after the protests began, Tunisia ramped up its attempts at controlling the internet. These started simply enough, with straight-up site blocking. In an open letter [...]
• Obama’s Other War – By Joe Bavier, JOE BAVIER @ Foreign Policy:
  Can Barack Obama really defeat Central Africa’s worst guerrilla warlord?
• Because It Works, Ian Ayres @ Freakonomics:
  To my mind, WeightWatchers is the industry leader in performing rigorous testing of their services. Under the leadership of Karen Miller-Kovach, its chief scientific officer, it has sponsored several randomized control trials comparing the effectivene…
• What Costs $25,000 an Inch on Weekdays?, Stephen J. Dubner @ Freakonomics:
  And $35,000 an inch on weekends?

Insight Links for Jan 19, 6:00 am

// January 19th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Insight

• Dutch study confirms: Mobile electro-magnetic radiation affects the health of trees, Michel Bauwens @ P2P Foundation:
  The choice we have is very simple. Wireless communication using electromagnetic radiation is irreconcilable with organic life as we know it. Cell phones and wireless internet have to go, or else we have to go. In the Netherlands we have a good proverb on this subject: “When the calf has …
• Surgery that saved my life and my voice: Charity Tillemann-Dick on TED.com, Emily McManus @ TED Blog:
  You’ll never sing again, said her doctor. But in a story from the very edge of medical possibility, operatic soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick tells a double story of survival — of her body, from a double lung transplant, and of her spirit, fueled by an unwavering will to sing. A powerful …
• The LWOT: Awlaki convicted, in Yemen; New filings in Ghailani sentencing – by Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Policy @ Foreign Policy:
  Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox — just sign up here.
• Yes, This Blog Is Leaving NYTimes.com, Stephen J. Dubner @ Freakonomics:
  As reported in Forbes on Friday, the Freakonomics blog will be leaving NYTimes.com on or around March 1 and returning to its indie roots.
• Sometimes the Cardio Ward Is Best, Team @ Freakonomics:
  A new study out of England finds that, for heart-failure patients, being admitted to the general ward instead of the cardiology ward can mean death: “Half the patients were admitted to cardiology wards. Compared with those managed on general wards, the…