• About Vinay Gupta

    Vinay Gupta is a consultant on disaster relief and risk management.

    http://hexayurt.com/plan

    the 20% dollar

    by  • September 20, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    I’m really scared about America if/when the dollar collapses. How far does it have to go depends on how likely people think America is to pay its debts. I just… shit. That was my country, my homeland, even if a series of regrettable events put me in Iceland. At some level I’ve always been an [...]

    Read more →

    Born to run: endurance running as a human evolutionary advantage

    by  • September 15, 2008 • Science • 0 Comments

    People are astonishingly successful endurance runners, “and I don’t think it’s just a fluke,” Lieberman says. He and Bramble argue that not only can humans outlast horses, but over long distances and under the right conditions, they can also outrun just about any other animal on the planet—including dogs, wolves, hyenas, and antelope, the other [...]

    Read more →

    Health insurance for $10 per year using the network

    by  • September 15, 2008 • Hexayurt, The Global Picture • 1 Comment

    Here’s the plan, in it’s simplest form: deploy medical expert systems using the cell phone network to help people make medical decisions. Use the ability to integrate data from each user into broad statistical patterns to improve the models and plot the progression of epidemics, for example. Then add bicycle-riding computer-aided pharmacists who prescribe basic [...]

    Read more →

    Surveillance culture

    by  • September 15, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    Theres gotta be a record of you some place You gotta be on somebodys books The lowdown – a picture of your face Your injured looks The sacred and profane The pleasure and the pain Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete And its your face Im looking for on every street A ladykiller – regulation tattoo [...]

    Read more →

    10th amendment case against… federal interference in state’s drug policies.

    by  • September 15, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    A landmark decision for all Californian’s quietly made history on August 20th in a Santa Cruz courtroom. For the first time since 1996, when the Compassionate Use Act was passed, the federal authorities have been charged with violating the 10th Amendment for harassing medical marijuana patients and state authorities. The case of Santa Cruz vs. [...]

    Read more →