Bjorn Lomborg

State of the World 2012

• #187: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Mon 16 Jan 12 14:06
  This makes me think of those dadaist punks in Kessel's _Good News from Outer Space_. They broke into cars and installed new stereo systems. We should see attack drones that explode overhead and spray a substantial radius with caramel popcorn or images of Zooey Deschanel's tuxedo-encrusted fingernails. [Read entire topic] […]
• #186: Bruce Sterling (bruces) Mon 16 Jan 12 11:06
  Here's the stats on the drone being used by the green enviro Sea Shepherds to embarrass whatever malefactors the Sea Shepherds are interested in embarrassing."Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas."http://www.suasnew […]
• #185: Bruce Sterling (bruces) Mon 16 Jan 12 10:36
  Oh and, by the way, the "roadside bombs" these cargo drones are avoiding are basically the poor-guys' Predators; they're remote-control explosives without the wings.This guerrilla ground-war versus global air-power thing has been going on since the Vietnam days of Huey choppers versus punjee sticks. That's pretty interesting, but wha […]
• #184: Bruce Sterling (bruces) Mon 16 Jan 12 10:31
  Pilotless cargo drone delivers "Meals Ready to Eat." Might be a harbinger of little urban aircraft that deliver pizzas."Amazon Drone Delivery," maybe. After all, drones are basically GSP smartphones with wings.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083673/Military-reveals-revolutionary-pilotless-cargo-drone-deliver-supplies-territories- […]
• #183: Ted Newcomb (tcn) Mon 16 Jan 12 09:43
  Weirdness is Free, on Triple Canapy...article re: Anonymous http://canopycanopycanopy.com/15/our_weirdness_is_freeHow do you both see hactivism playing out 30 years from now? Same issues of freedom and open source and surreptitiously watching Big Brother, or something new? Or do these issues finally get resolved? [Read entire topic] […]
• #182: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Mon 16 Jan 12 07:03
  Re: that slide deck seems more of a review of recent-past trends, than a view of the future. [Read entire topic] […]
• #181: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Mon 16 Jan 12 07:00
  found this bit of street art, a shot of an "Authorized Drone Strike Zone" in NYC: https://twitter.com/#!/BaLueBolivar/status/158728329225179137/photo/1/large [Read entire topic] […]
• #180: Bruce Sterling (bruces) Mon 16 Jan 12 06:46
  Here's a futurist outfit's Slideshare "trends for executive summary."http://www.slideshare.net/jwtintelligence/jwt-10-trends-for-2012-executive-summaryIf you've never seen how contemporary trendspotting gets packaged for the net these days, this is a nice cogent example. Note how the graphics make this look like a designer mood-board […]
• #179: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Mon 16 Jan 12 06:11
  Chemtrails have a soundtrack... odd sounds recorded and reported from various places around the world: http://strangesoundsinthesky.com/ [Read entire topic] […]
• #178: Email from George Mokray (jonl) Mon 16 Jan 12 05:52
  "Hezbollah is a terrorist group and a religious faction in virulent permanent opposition to a nation-state..."Hezbollah has built a telecom network, which they are trying to expand - by force if necessary. Does that make them a business as well? [Read entire topic] […]