CulturalNgineer

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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
Absolutely right! This is the problem... Which is also why we've developed such an imbalance in wealth! We've got a serious problem with an imbalance in INFLUENCE!!! Actually that's my own focus for technological innovation... Realtime Netw
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
I can't justify his method of protest but have some understanding of his frustration... In behavioral economics there's the game called the "Ultimatum Game" Essentially it's when one side thinks the deal is so biased and unfair he'd rather
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
If we look at the arguments for or against vigorous action on climate change, there really is an overwhelming weight on the side of taking action. And that's the case even if the climate change argument were a weak one (and it isn't) since
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Ask HN: Is most of your "prescription drug" spam re Pfizer too?
2 points by CulturalNgineer 17y ago|0 comments
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
The saddest thing is likely that this poor fellow actually may have consciousness and some better form of communication would be wonderful for him if that's the case... But is being exploited by "FC" yo-yo's who are either naive or corrupt.
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
Thanks for a good overview of the "optimistic" side. I hope you're right. But help me out on some greater understanding of "GDP"... When wages stay constant or go down, but a profitable financial industry instead is created that lends money
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
That's a very interesting aspect regarding the citizenship angle... hadn't thought of that... certainly could be influential on a decision... I heard an idea once that high mobility could lead to countries having to 'compete' for citizens!
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Ask HN: What country would you lend money to?
12 points by CulturalNgineer 17y ago|32 comments
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
This is disastrous for any civilization... And an unfortunate consequence of neglecting excessive power concentration. Some value may be seen also in taking an anthropological approach! In my recent brief post on this issue, "Compensation &
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
I put in "Goldman Sachs is crooked" as a query...and it returned: "Text in not likely to be stupid" Clearly this is a very perceptive algorithm!
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
Pelle, You give a good analysis! Here's an additional distinction between Argentina and the U.S. which (I believe) is also a factor... In the 19th Century, both nations had vast tracts of land relatively undeveloped... The U.S. essentially
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
There are much better solutions to deal with these issues without trying to turn ISP's and Website administrators into the second-string secret police! I know it's a real problem and does deserve attention. But it's one thing if some guy is
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
This is hopefully some huge hoax. But if it isn't it should (and deserves to) create and real worldwide firestorm. This cannot stand and they can't possibly be stupid enough to try to make it stand! But beware their "fallback" positions! An
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
Democracy's design... The scarce use of technology to encourage and access crowd wisdom. (Rather than the cleverness invested in things like gerrymandering and misleading advertising techniques.) This is a similar phenomenon to the patholog
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
He makes a solid argument which really comes down to the problem facing any component of an ecology... either keep expanding until you can't... and then die back "involuntarily" (pretty much the universal pattern) or get your act together a
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
This is a good analysis... I also now have Wave account and can very quickly see that it's as a "much-improved" system of email that it's real strength lies. My only problem right now is I don't have enough fellow friends and associates wit
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
I understand... and will consider it. But could you give a clearer evaluation since I've put a great deal into this and would appreciate more helpful feedback. Thanks!
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Ask HN: Speech as MicroTransaction?
1 points by CulturalNgineer 17y ago|0 comments
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On ICT and The Social Contract(culturalengineer.blogspot.com)
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
From Edge: Comment from George Dyson on “Economics Is Not a Natural Science” By Douglas Rushkoff “How to best transcend the current economic mess? Put Jeff Bezos, Pierre Omidyar, Elon Musk, Tim O’Reilly, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Nathan Myhr
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by CulturalNgineer 17y ago
See Chagora (dot) com and CulturalEngineer.blogspot (dot) com (why chagora, live debate function and other related posts) for the role of the Pooled-User-Determined Account and the microtransaction as essential in politics and a catalyst fo
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Thoughts on Twitter, Status Updates & Distributed Intelligence as Production(iamprogress.org)
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Kevin Kelly on "The World Without Technology"(kk.org)
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Technology & The Decision Landscape(youtube.com)
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by CulturalNgineer 18y ago
Agree and understand.. after brief basic use can use the biofeedback feature alone (i no longer use the "game" aspects) with simple finger clip... (get "grapher" option) and then may not even need that...
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by CulturalNgineer 18y ago
try biofeedback... with meditation type exercises... search for WildDivine I think... I found it helpful..
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Team Forming - Seeking Suitable Enthusiasts(linkedin.com)
1 points by CulturalNgineer 18y ago|0 comments