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Colonizing the Human Mind: Do Your Thoughts Make Money or Cost Society?

Submitted by k9disc on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 7:54am

If a man has a thought and it profits nobody, is it worth his time? Is it dangerous? Should it be allowed?

Startlingly stupid question, I know. It sounds like the opening line from some poorly written cyberpunk novel. But I'm afraid we're already looking at that reality, and have been for some time.

Hot Air Climate News Roundup

Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 5:01am

Something to keep in mind…


The number of solar photovoltaic panels installed globally
has doubled every two years
for the last 14 years.
...
By mid 2015, solar PV accounted for just 1%
of global electricity generation.
...
If it continues to double every two years
for the next 12 years,
enough solar panels would be installed globally
to provide all the electricity humanity requires.
...
Tim Flannery, Sunlight and Seaweed, 2017
..
.

a PSA in case you 'missed' Mueller's testilying

Submitted by wendy davis on Wed, 07/24/2019 - 4:11pm

before the House Judiciary and Intel committees earlier today. Against my own advice to myself, I'd listened to some of the former live at Rt.com, and without giving some of the insanely partisan Qs and Mueller; As, I will say that most of it sounded like this to me, only a bit more allegro:

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOFw3SJrd0]

Tulsi--The Good, and the Bad

Submitted by apenultimate on Wed, 07/24/2019 - 3:48pm

Well, as Battle of Blair Mountain posted below, Tulsi voted for an awful piece of non-binding legislation to curb the BDS movement against Israel. That doesn't sit well with me at all. But, at the same time, I really wonder if Bernie (would he be a Representative instead of a Senator) would have voted for it? I sent an email off to her campaign denouncing the move and telling them my support depends on Tulsi doing right.

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