10% isn’t nearly enough, but it is a renewable energy milestone. Could be much greater with federal incentives — not likely in a Trump administration (despite Rick Perry’s history as a wind farm promoter in TX) Not sure a “non-human” language is necessarily bad … especially if it improves negotiating skills of robots!
Category Archives: Future
Link from New York Times
“Prospection” … the quality that makes us human, say these scientists
Link from The Economist
Seems Marx getting bit of a revival on left these days … because rent-seeking now dominates capitalism
Link from Bloomberg
Old piece from Bloomberg, but needs to be recycled — if I’ve said it once, I can say it again: it’s all about demand — increase demand, you get economic growth!
Link from Nautilus
Is poverty genetic? … interesting scientific evidence
Link from Think Progress
Financial catastrophe in real estate may be first big impact of climate change in U.S. … says Joe Romm
Link from AlterNet — Review of Move Fast and Break Things
Hate Peter Thiel? Larry Page? Get Jonathan Taplin’s new book, “Move Fast and Break Things” — he hates the digital monopolies, mostly because they killed the music business. Interview from AlterNet.
Link from The Nation
Gary Cohn has temporarily triumphed in Trump palace intrigue … he represents the very heart of neoliberalism, not in the interests of the American people! But, since DJT listens to whoever has kind things to say to him, day to day, expect return to his roots soon … more white nationalism, more neo-nazi antisemitism,Continue reading “Link from The Nation”
Links from Vox and Business Insider
Great post from Vox.com on strategic approaches to “deep decarbonization” Henry Blodgett from 2013, worth a reminder … economy mostly about DEMAND, investment is only a seed!
Link from Autoblog
Next phase in human evolution? See: Yuval Harari, others …
Warp and Woof 