-
California Water Crisis: Capitalism or Socialism to the Rescue?
There’s not enough water in California. Not even close. How should we determine who gets how much, and for what purpose? Green golf courses? Leaky faucets? Flowers in front lawns? Growing almonds? Daily showers? We can’t have everything, and something has to give. A capitalist/libertarian would suggest to remove all legal obstacles to a 100%…
-
Financial Götterdämmerung
So the Europeans killed the Europe-Greek negotiations today because of the Greeks’ insolence to ask their citizens for approval. Insolent, no doubt: @yanisvaroufakis Democracy? You crazy Greeks. It’ll never catch on. ;) — Roland Yanez (@rolandyanez) June 26, 2015 But why? If you cut through all the clutter, there’s a simple explanation: The powers-that-are need…
-
Confusing the Robot Takeover and the robots’ masters’ takeover
Even Steve Wozniak makes this mistake: The artificial intelligence that will control the world used to worry Wozniak, he told a technology conference. But he has realised that it will be good for us because robots will opt to keep us as part of nature. So far, there is NO INDICATION that any kind of…
-
Dear ICANN: about that privacy thing …
I know it’s fashionable these days to say “privacy is over”. I happen to disagree — but for that, I need the cooperation of organizations like your’s. I’d like to be able to register and use a domain name without exposing personal information to anybody. So: Regarding the proposed rules governing companies that provide WHOIS…
-
Reading the Holacracy Book
Just about everybody is unhappy with how large organizations function, or rather, dys-function. One of my first big-company experiences were the seemingly endless, back-to-back meetings at BMW. I remember coming home one one day to the townhouse I shared with several other people, complaining that I had just gotten a degree called “Diplom Ingenieur” (Master…