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by sml0820 7y ago
2030 decade predictions: 1) A rise of smart robots both physically, ranging from military to household uses. A robot can actually clean your house. A newspaper article talks about the "Fly State" in which people cannot tell whethe
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by sml0820 10y ago
Yes, "The Men Who Built America". Great show.
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by sml0820 10y ago
The article did not do a thorough job pointing to the new book: http://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise-ebo... Also, I would recommend Moonwalking with Einstein which has fair bit of information on how to l
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Amazing 3D Teleportation Tech from Microsoft(youtube.com)
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by sml0820 12y ago
You are taking the slippery slope argument. The fact that the NSA would like the access to data mine phone records does not mean we have slipped into a totalitarian state. We have given up civil liberties for the sake of avoiding crimes i
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by sml0820 12y ago
Let's state the facts: There are biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons that can kill millions of people today owned by state organizations. Some of these states have questionable long-term motives whether driven by power or resou
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by sml0820 12y ago
There is a trade off between the collective rights of the innocent citizenry and the rights of the victims of the crimes that can be avoided. At some point the cost of civilian lives will exceed the cost of strain on civil liberties. Techn
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by sml0820 12y ago
Several powerful trends have aligned to profoundly change the way that the world works. Technology now allows stateless groups to organize, recruit, and fund themselves in an unprecedented fashion. That, coupled with the extreme difficulty
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by sml0820 12y ago
This comment could not be further from the truth, as I feel you do not have strong basis in understanding what the weighted cost of capital refers to. Here is an example calculation of an infrastructure project: http://investment
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by sml0820 12y ago
China's ghost cities are unrelated to this. When China invests in ghosts cities their GDP goes up based upon infrastructure spending. In other words, one of the reasons why China invests so much in infrastructure, some of which is ne
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by sml0820 12y ago
Also, to further clarify from an investor perspective: Let's say the canal is able to generate twice the income (revenue minus costs) that panama canal currently generates indefinitely, which comes to 2.8 billion every year forever. Le
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by sml0820 12y ago
A Chinese man, who makes a living building various forms of infrastructure, is willing to put $300 million of his own money of $50 billion required into building infrastructure in Nicaragua. Meanwhile Nicaragua is willing to accept $50 bi