• Archive for August, 2008

    slipping through the cracks

    by  • August 8, 2008 • Personal • 0 Comments

    it’s not hard to see the details of the plan arching off into the hyperbolic distance fractal repercussions of every cut thread i think i saw you again this path we call progress infinite goals semantic, memetic, genetic in being born we are reaching for infinity profusion, duration space and time the life of the [...]

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    Ecologically-minded right wing Hindu gurus on the march

    by  • August 8, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    A coalition of gurus has issued an ultimatum to India’s fragile Government: purify the chronically polluted Ganges, the river revered by Hindus, or face protests and political ruin. Ganga Raksha Manch, a newly formed alliance of celebrity holy men, is demanding urgent action to cleanse the holy waterway, which has become a noxious cocktail of [...]

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    closing thoughts from a long day

    by  • August 7, 2008 • Personal • 0 Comments

    If you want to change the world, get serious, get educated, and get to work. Pick a problem, whether it’s water quality or organic agriculture, and get good and educated. A lot you can get online – start with TED talks for an overview, then progress to UN reports and similar documents. It might take [...]

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    Global Survival Mapping

    by  • August 7, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    The next thing I want to see done, and alas this is going to take a government’s backing, is global survival mapping. Here’s what that looks like. For each square mile of the earth’s surface, I want to know seven things. * what’s the 50 year trend in death by violence and are there immanent [...]

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    what I’m up to right now

    by  • August 6, 2008 • Personal • 2 Comments

    Gupta Option is where the policy work lives. Check out: * Winning the Long Peace on appropriate technology as foreign policy. * State In A Box – Identity Services Architecture on failed states and making biometrics safe for general use, particularly in bringing banking services to the very poorest. * Severe Pandemic Flu Strategies on [...]

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