FUTURISM UPDATE (November 06, 2014)

THE ATLANTIC: The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSD http://lnkd.in/dYbe4q7

WASHINGTON POST: Verizon, AT&T tracking their users with ‘supercookies’ http://lnkd.in/dCcqG7T

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Virgin Galactic pilot defied the odds to survive crash http://lnkd.in/daPd5Yi

CIO: How to Develop Applications for the Internet of Things http://lnkd.in/dtcF6Rr

NEW YORK TIMES: Top British Spy Warns of Terrorists’ Use of Social Media http://lnkd.in/dPnPEcz

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: fMRI Data Reveals the Number of Parallel Processes Running in the Brain. The human brain carries out many tasks at the same time, but how many? Now fMRI data has revealed just how parallel gray matter is. http://lnkd.in/dz9h5pK

BLOOMBERG: Qatar, Citic Plan to Start $10 Billion Investment Fund. Qatar’s sovereign-wealth fund, which controls more than $100 billion of assets, plans to set up a $10 billion investment venture with China’s Citic Group as it seeks to diversify from retail and property assets in Europe. http://lnkd.in/dmS9wNf

THE ECONOMIST: Rise of the robots http://lnkd.in/dh_7asG

FORBES: Automation Is On The Rise: Will Robots Soon Be Commonplace? http://lnkd.in/dYGpdAD

BBC: Are we about to see the rise of robot bosses? http://lnkd.in/dNPWqCy

DAILY MAIL: Artificial intelligence ‘could be the worst thing to happen to humanity’: Stephen Hawking warns that rise of robots may be disastrous for mankind. http://lnkd.in/dNUHnt5

CBSNEWS: Robots on the rise in the workplace. Steve Kroft reports on technological advances, especially robotics, that are revolutionizing the workplace, but not necessarily creating jobs http://lnkd.in/daquEkW

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Plans Nuclear Summit Boycott http://lnkd.in/dvpEnWw

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Vindicating Volatility. Why Fluctuating Oil Prices Are Here To Stay http://lnkd.in/dz6khjS

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Process Before Policy. How Washington Can Avert Financial Ruin After the Election http://lnkd.in/dT3QtuM

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The End of the Military-Industrial Complex. How the Pentagon Is Adapting to Globalization http://lnkd.in/dxVuzbE

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: National Insecurity. Just How Safe Is the United States? http://lnkd.in/dHkj4RG

FORBES: There are nearly 7.2 billion people on the planet. These are the 72 who rule the world. http://lnkd.in/dQVadb9

HERALD ONLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin Tops Forbes’ 2014 Ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People for the Second Year in a Row. http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/11/05/6495644/russian-president-vladimir-putin.html#storylink=cpy

REUTERS: Amazon tries out taxi deliveries in California cities, WSJ reports http://lnkd.in/dnmq2ej

BLOOMBERG: Mercedes Puts Tesla Technology Beneath Hood to Chase BMW http://lnkd.in/d7Y6Jvi

BLOOMBERG: Mercedes Puts Tesla Technology Beneath Hood to Chase BMW http://lnkd.in/d7Y6Jvi

TIME: A single-malt from Japan has been named the best whisky in the world for the first time. http://lnkd.in/dBjA4cv

BLOOMBERG: A Slovakian Startup Is Building a Flying Car http://lnkd.in/dNv9gqu

FORBES: Amazon Faces ‘Bloodbath’ As Tech Giants Square Off In India http://lnkd.in/dt4gcPT

BUSINESS INSIDER: Here’s The Evidence That The Tech Bubble Is About To Burst http://lnkd.in/dxSWmiX

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: Monetizing Big Data: A Q&A with Wells Fargo’s Data Chief http://www.information-management.com/news/Monetizing-Big-Data-Wells-Fargo-Chief-10026209-1.html

SYMMETRY MAGAZINE: Physicists and other scientists use the GEANT4 toolkit to identify problems before they occur. http://lnkd.in/dXFpgqA

QUANTUM MAGAZINE: In a Multiverse, What Are the Odds? Testing the multiverse hypothesis requires measuring whether our universe is statistically typical among the infinite variety of universes. But infinity does a number on statistics. http://lnkd.in/dkVcrjx

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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FUTURISM UPDATE (November 05, 2014)

BBC: Virgin Galactic crash: Pilots’ actions analysed. SpaceShipTwo broke apart just seconds after igniting its rocket engine for a test outing above California on Friday. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29895140

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: “Dark Web” Version of Facebook Shows a New Way to Secure the Web. A new way to access Facebook securely and anonymously via the “dark Web” could provide a model for other sites. http://lnkd.in/dKgNqPS

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Virgin Galactic crash: Copilot who died unlocked lever early, NTSB says http://lnkd.in/dRAeMHf

NEW YORK TIMES: Accidents at Virgin Galactic and Orbital Sciences Show Hurdles for Private Space Efforts http://lnkd.in/dARD8DB

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Safety Board Cites Improper Pilot Command in Virgin Galactic Crash. Accident Sets Back Ambitious Timetables for Space Tourism and Other Commercial Ventures. http://lnkd.in/d-qyJGF

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Virgin Galactic crash investigators eye pilot interface. National Transportation Safety Board investigators examining the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo have determined that the craft’s rudders rotated up prematurely, causing it to break apart midair. http://lnkd.in/dXWSfgJ

REUTERS: Toyota recalls 5,850 cars, mostly in U.S., for possible steering issue http://lnkd.in/duj-GDG

REUTERS: Ford calls back more than 202,000 vehicles in five North American recalls http://lnkd.in/d3fDkNC

REUTERS: Wider U.S. trade deficit, weak exports point to slower growth http://lnkd.in/d9wzp3B

REUTERS: Wall St. slips as energy extends recent slide http://lnkd.in/ddDYVBE

CIO: The Google Shakeup Continues: Andy Rubin is Out http://lnkd.in/dzCBTqs

SINGULARITY HUB: Elon Musk Is Right: Colonizing the Solar System Is Humankind’s Insurance Policy Against Extinction http://lnkd.in/d9TXuDY

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: In the Future Your Therapy and Education Will Be Tailored to Your Brain http://lnkd.in/dbwn9pw

THE VERGE: The Big Future: What is the future of food? http://lnkd.in/d9si6RC

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Egypt’s Army of God. The Largest Arab Military Isn’t As Secular As It Seems http://lnkd.in/dfqiGZt

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Moscow’s Spy Game. Why Russia Is Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine http://lnkd.in/dkGr9bG

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The Future of Cities. The Internet of Everything will Change How We Live. As much as the Internet has already changed the world, it is the Web’s next phase that will bring the biggest opportunities, revolutionizing the way we live, work, play, and learn. http://lnkd.in/dY5Yi3P

DER SPIEGEL: Germany’s New Right: The Unholy Alliance of Neo-Nazis and Football Hooligans http://lnkd.in/dmPhGYc

DER SPIEGEL: Sun Sets on Golden Dawn: Greek Party Accused in Killings and Racist Attacks. Greece’s public prosecutor claims the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party bears all the characteristics of a ‘criminal organization’. http://lnkd.in/diHcvm7

IEEE Spectrum: Robotic Micro-Scallops Can Swim Through Your Eyeballs http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/robotic-microscallops-can-swim-through-your-eyeballs

POPULAR SCIENCE: Watch A Drone Take Off From Another Drone http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/watch-drone-take-another-drone?src=SOC&dom=fb

CIO: One Code to Rule Them All: Dronecode http://www.cio.com/article/2841815/developer/one-code-to-rule-them-all-dronecode.html

BUSINESS INSIDER: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About The Company Testing Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipT http://lnkd.in/djW-Sgu

YAHOO NEWS: Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash http://lnkd.in/danPpA9

GIGAOM: Looking for an architecture for the internet of things? Try DNS. http://lnkd.in/dfucaUV

FORBES: Five Software Approaches To Harness The Internet Of Things http://lnkd.in/dtEnbbc

FORBES: Two High-Tech Stories To Watch In 2015: Digital and Industrial Internet of Things http://lnkd.in/dBNM9Yz

TECH CRUNCH: Google Reveals ‘The Physical Web,’ A Project To Make Internet Of Things Interaction App-Less. The Physical Web to provide “interaction on demand” so that people can walk up and use any smart devices without the need for intervening mobile apps. http://lnkd.in/d8TkghV

BUSINESS INSIDER: A white-hat hacker discovered a dangerous vulnerability in three Apple operating systems http://read.bi/10rZM94

BUSINESS INSIDER: The one big mystery at the heart of the Virgin Galactic probe http://read.bi/10s7XCn

FINANCIAL TIMES: Oil slides after Saudi cuts US prices http://on.ft.com/1wv2yXI

CIO: Google and LG strike broad patent licensing deal http://trib.al/zbgm8i9

STRATFOR: Traveling Through Multiple Europes http://lnkd.in/dmwkfXF

MASHABLE: Alibaba revenues surge 54% in first earnings report as a public company. China’s ecommerce giant is getting even bigger. http://lnkd.in/da5cYTi

THE ECONOMIST: If banks can be hacked, why not aircraft? http://econ.st/1scrspO

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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FUTURISM UPDATE (November 04, 2014)

BBC: Virgin Galactic crash: Descent system ‘deployed early’ http://lnkd.in/dHrit-u

WIRED: An Unprecedented Look at Stuxnet, the World’s First Digital Weapon http://lnkd.in/d2n4SP9

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Safety Board Cites Improper Pilot Command in Virgin Galactic Crash. Accident Sets Back Ambitious Timetables for Space Tourism & Other Commercial Ventures. http://lnkd.in/d-qyJGF

REUTERS: Rocket plane’s tail activated prematurely in fatal crash. http://lnkd.in/d83T-Nv

THE GUARDIAN: Virgin Galactic space plane’s re-entry system activated early, say investigators. Safety board chairman says premature deployment of feathering system ‘a statement of fact and not a statement of cause’ http://lnkd.in/d_VqDpR

ENGADGET: Investigators pin Virgin Galactic’s crash on faulty tail deployment http://lnkd.in/dyN9nsB

DER SPIEGEL: Monetary Fallacy? Deep Divisions Emerge over ECB Quantitative Easing Plans http://lnkd.in/d_JncYM

DER SPIEGEL: Merkel Fears Britain Crossing a Red Line on Immigration http://lnkd.in/dNBC2Ra

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia and China Thwart Dream for Marine Sanctuary in Antarctica http://lnkd.in/de8Zh6m

CNN Miles O’Brien said that Virgin Galactic had “consistently underestimated the risk involved.” http://lnkd.in/d7jCjdq

NEW SCIENTIST: Build a stable wormhole with the help of dark aliens http://lnkd.in/d-3CqYF

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: With $100 Million, Entrepreneur Sees Path to Disrupt Medical Imaging. Will ultrasound-on-a-chip make medical imaging so cheap that anyone can do it? http://lnkd.in/drZGw-u

THE ECONOMIST: Europe’s banks are in decent shape-but that is not enough to repair its economy http://econ.st/1wN1zls

TECH CRUNCH: China developed an anti-drone laser tech that can apparently shoot down a low flying drone http://tcrn.ch/1xS6BeW

BROOKINGS: From Russia, Without Love http://lnkd.in/dtR7G99

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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FUTURISM UPDATE (November 03, 2014)

REUTERS: Wanted: 500,000 pilots for China aviation gold rush http://lnkd.in/dj7kMfz

PHYS ORG: Self-driving vehicles generate enthusiasm, concerns worldwide http://lnkd.in/dmjJMgR

BBC: Germany ‘would accept UK exit from EU’ to protect migration rules http://lnkd.in/dPX_9Hm

COMPUTERWORLD: If Ebola’s a problem here, just imagine it in India http://lnkd.in/d7GNxhT

THE BULLETIN: Internet-trading platforms: Making it easier to get around sanctions? http://lnkd.in/dDD8nXT

THE BULLETIN: Which is the greater threat to the United States and the world: ISIS or Ebola? http://lnkd.in/dURGWCC

THE ECONOMIST: Such a dramatic fall in the price of crude oil has global consequences. Who wins, who loses? http://econ.st/1xPQYET

BBC: Micro-rockets ‘can destroy chemical weapons’ http://lnkd.in/dV7YjEu

Cheating Richard Branson, Success, Unpreparedness, Failure, and Death! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141031195620-34427457-richard-branson-success-unpreparedness-failure-and-death

THE GUARDIAN: In North Korea, fear takes hold over new foreign threat: Ebola. World’s toughest measures against the disease have been imposed in a country far from west Africa, and with few tourists http://lnkd.in/dectm7b

THE GUARDIAN: While the internet is accountable to nobody, privacy will be in crisis. It is time to bring humanity back to the networks that hear everything, track our lives, and mine information bought and sold http://lnkd.in/di2a2GN

THE GUARDIAN: Google fined for ‘disrespectful’ Street View photos of woman’s cleavage. A Canadian woman said she was derided and abused after a Google Street View car captured an image of her outside her house http://lnkd.in/dZpU5tb

NEW YORK TIMES: Megan Smith: ‘You Can Affect Billions of People’. The chief technology officer of the United States is bringing a Silicon Valley ethos to Washington. http://lnkd.in/d_Q3Vm2

NEW YORK TIMES: Amazon’s Grand Design in Devices. Amazon introduces new gadgets the way a guerrilla army prepares for attack: unsteadily at first, and then with unexpected ferocity. http://lnkd.in/df8zCbc

NATURE: Solution-processed, high-performance light-emitting diodes based on quantum dots. http://lnkd.in/dX-X8Wk

THE ECONOMIST: How firms are adapting to a virus that threatens economies as well as lives http://econ.st/1sPz5lf

THE GUARDIAN: How Virgin Galactic space program has been plagued by fuel problems that killed three engineers in 2007 ahead of fatal explosion at 45,000ft http://lnkd.in/dGtGd-j

FINANCIAL TIMES: Branson’s space mission brought to earth http://on.ft.com/1A1m41I

SLATE: America’s war against ISIS is turning into a quagmire: http://slate.me/1xODp8z

ENGINEERING: Could Gliders Boost Rockets Into Orbit and Beyond? NASA has successfully flight-tested a prototype twin-fuselage towed glider that could lead to rockets being launched from pilotless aircraft at high altitudes – a technology application that could significantly reduce the cost and…more http://lnkd.in/dwbZWNf

FRANCE 24: Bill Gates to give $500 million for malaria, other diseases http://f24.my/1A1qIgd

THE ECONOMIST: France’s largest companies are losing their bosses at a remarkable rate http://econ.st/1tmJDfg

THE GUARDIAN: IPCC report: six graphs that show how we’re changing the world’s climate. We look at the data that underpins the forthcoming IPCC climate science report detailing humanity’s influence on the climate, global impacts and solutions http://lnkd.in/dkTGHhV

TECHREPUBLIC: CIOs feel pressure to innovate amidst disruptive technology threat http://www.techrepublic.com/article/cios-feel-pressure-to-innovate-amidst-disruptive-technology-threat/
THE DIPLOMAT: The Japan-China Defense Hotline’s Growing Importance The Japan-U.S. defense guidelines update is necessitating dialogue in the East China Sea. http://lnkd.in/dAM8CzY
BLOOMBERG: Ship for Space Tourists Crashes, 1 Pilot Reported Dead; Second Failure in Week http://lnkd.in/dR-C8cV

BLOOMBERG: Pacific Air Force Chief Says Wary of Risky Flying by China Jets http://lnkd.in/dFYES2Q

YAHOO NEWS: Virgin ‘ignored’ space safety warnings: expert http://lnkd.in/d_6iuKD

BUSINESS INSIDER: One Dead, One Injured In Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash.Business Insider contacted Northrup Grumman, but the company wasn’t able to comment. We also reached out to Scaled Composites, but the company has not yet returned our calls. http://lnkd.in/dhHWa7G

NATURAL NEWS: U.S. government secretly searches for technology to combat aerosolized Ebola http://lnkd.in/drgfaVU

FORTUNE: After two crashes, private space industry faces inevitable questions. Will back-to-back space flight accidents this week give customers of private space companies second thoughts? http://lnkd.in/dzH4M5b

FORBES: NTSB Begins Its Investigation Of Virgin Galactic Crash http://lnkd.in/dHDrqax

POPULAR SCIENCE: What New Chinese Weapons Will We See At This Year’s Zhuhai Air Show? http://lnkd.in/dXTJ_xd

TECHCRUNCH: Bitcoin Brothers Aim To Disrupt Bitcoin Mining With New, More Powerful, Supercomputers http://lnkd.in/dH-rstw

THE INDEPENDENT: Virgin Galactic crash: Spaceflight company was warned of safety issues, expert claims. Virgin Galactic was given warnings several years ago about the danger of its rockets but chose to ignore cautions from experts, it has been claimed. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/virgin-galactic-crash-spaceflight-company-was-warned-of-safety-issues-expert-claims-9834068.html

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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FUTURISM UPDATE (November 01, 2014)

BLOOMBERG: Virgin Galactic Ship Crashes With 1 Pilot Reported Dead http://lnkd.in/dR-C8cV

ENGADGET: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashes after launch http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/31/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo/

THE GUARDIAN: One person dead as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane crashes on test flight http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/31/spaceshiptwo-richard-branson-virgin-crash-mojave

BUSINESS INSIDER: One Dead, One Injured In Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash http://www.businessinsider.com/virgin-galactic-spaceship-reportedly-crashes-during-test-flight-2014-10

FORBES: Virgin Galactic Spaceship Destroyed During Test Flight http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/10/31/virgin-galactic-spaceship-destroyed-during-test-flight/

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crashes. Accident in California’s Mojave Desert Kills One Pilot, Injures Another http://online.wsj.com/articles/virgin-galactic-spaceship-crashes-1414781841

NEW YORK TIMES: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/science/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-crashes-during-test-flight.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

BLOOMBERG: Twitter and IBM strike data mining agreement http://lnkd.in/du5KtxV

YOU GOT INCLUDE THEIR OWN CORRUPTION OPERATING COSTS. NEW YORK TIMES: Are Banks Too Expensive to Use? http://lnkd.in/d2a7tWD

THE WORLD BANK: Climate Change, Risk Management and the Big Emitters http://lnkd.in/dF_y7WB

SUICIDALS TO BE ARE RUNNING TO VIRGIN GALACTIC’S WAITING LIST!

LINKEDIN: Richard Branson, Success, Unpreparedness, Failure, and Death! http://lnkd.in/dQmt_wM

WHEN YOU WANT A SKUNK WORK SHIP TO BLOW UP, YOU JUST USE 1960 SOVIET (COMMUNIST) BURNERS AND MAKE A HUGE FOOL OF A SUPERNATION AND ITS SKUNKS. PEOPLE ABUNDANTLY KNOW THAT SOVIET AND RUSSIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE METHODOLOGIES ARE THE MOST UNRELIABLE IN THE WORLD, ALONG WITH THAT OF CHINA, GERMANY’S WORLD’S SUPERCLIENT # 1.

THE ECONOMIST: Where not to invest in Europe http://lnkd.in/dpSpMXB

NANOWERK: A quantum leap in nanoparticle efficiency http://lnkd.in/dBJrS64

BUSINESS INSIDER: $129 Billion Worth Of New York City Real Estate Now Lies In Flood Zones http://lnkd.in/d55uCdN

A POOR COUNTRY, INDIA SENT A MISSION TO MARS, NOT TO THE FOOLISH MOON, WITH UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS AND WITH A HUMBLE BUDGET. NASA AND VIRGIN GALACTIC WENT UNDER IN TWO SILLY BUT MOST ONEROUSLY EXPENSIVE “EXPLOSIVE INITIATIVES”. NOW, BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS KNOW THAT WHEN THEY WANT TO SUCCEED, YOU EMBRACE RICHARD BRANSON SUCCESS TIPS, EMBRACING THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY AGAINST THE PRESCRIPTION OF SIR. MARTIN REES PhD. ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY.

DON’T GET ME WRONG, INDIA IS A POOR COUNTRY THAT WILL BECOME WORLD’S SUPERPOWER #1 OR #2.

To the dismal and naivety of so-called futurists, the Present and Future of Spaceflight is “sucked” by NASA’s Contractors and Virgin Galactic. A Dr. Wernher von Braun’s U.S. scientist that both cases underestimated the “RELIABILITY EFFORT.”

LINKEDIN: WALMART WILL BE SPUTNIKKED BY AMAZON OR ALIBABA http://lnkd.in/ddRTN7Q

One Of The World’s Most Powerful Envious Literary Agents Compared Amazon To ISIS http://lnkd.in/dFyimUp

NO, NO, NO, WITHOUT THE RELIABILITY EFFORT BEFORE. WS: Richard Branson, in a September interview, predicted Virgin Galactic would have its first flight before Christmas http://on.wsj.com/1wQZQgJ

FINANCIAL TIMES: Google looks beyond search for growth http://on.ft.com/1pcqaQ4

THE ECONOMIST: Schumpeter. Titans of innovation. What can business learn from Big Science? http://lnkd.in/dXDJc3K

THE ECONOMIST: Schumpeter. Second wind. Some traditional businesses are thriving in an age of disruptive innovation http://lnkd.in/dHZtpdP

COMPUTERWORLD: NASA puts finishing touches on Mars-bound spacecraft http://lnkd.in/d3Vn4NB

FORBES: Amazon And Samsung Are Locked In A Battle Against Google http://lnkd.in/dyJr8uh

CIO: Cleveland Clinic Uses IBM’s Watson in the Cloud to Fight Cancer http://lnkd.in/d_RyPps

WILL GOOGLE SPUTNIK AMAZON? NEW SCIENTIST: Can Google Express deliver on same-day shopping? http://lnkd.in/detqtKX

NEW SCIENTIST: Spider-drones weave high-rise structures out of cables http://lnkd.in/dXfuHaQ

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: China’s Imperial President. Xi Jinping Tightens His Grip. Xi Jinping’s reforms are designed to produce a corruption-free, politically cohesive, and economically powerful one-party state with global reach: a Singapore on steroids. http://lnkd.in/dKZ5tad

CNN: Taking a cue from science fiction, Microsoft demos ‘universal translator’. Skype users will soon be able to conduct voice and video calls supported by a near-real time translation technology. http://lnkd.in/dMQYtmT

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: What Happens to Consciousness When We Die.The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry http://lnkd.in/dKs7duQ

FORBES: Leaving The Church Of Data http://lnkd.in/dE4uUSu

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: What Happens to Consciousness When We Die. The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry. Where is the experience of red in your brain? The question was put to me by Deepak Chopra at his Sages and Scientists Symposium in Carlsbad, Calif., on March 3. http://lnkd.in/d5RJuUy

FOREIGN POLICY: Russian Military Escalates Provocation Campaign in Europe http://lnkd.in/dUfGBD2

LINKEDIN: Richard Branson, Success, Unpreparedness, Failure, and Death! http://lnkd.in/dQmt_wM

Bill Gates: People Don’t Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced By Software Bots Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-bots-are-taking-away-jobs-2014-3#ixzz3Hn8hZHOD

Bill Gates Just Put Nostradamus to Shame.Not long ago, every broker on Wall Street turned a blind eye to the robotics industry. The vast majority of investors did, too. But then something interesting happened…In December 2006, Microsoft (MSFT) Co-Founder, Bill Gates, wrote something for Scientific American. http://www.techandinnovationdaily.com/2014/02/01/bill-gates-robotics-industry/

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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Walmart Will Be Sputnikked By Amazon Or Alibaba

Walmart will be Sputnikked by Amazon or Alibaba. That is, as you don’t understand English and Russian, let us try Latin:

“… Si vis pacem, para bellum.…”

(Corporations and countries who get sputnikked are not Incessantly Renewing the Global and Geopolitical Competitive Advantage)

Alibaba President: Our Sales Will Surpass Walmart In Two Years. Read more:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinas-alibaba-surpass-walmart-sales-volume-two-years-1472574#ixzz3HlHZ1P1Y

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 31, 2014)

WIRED: Huge Flock of Minisatellites Aims to Photograph the Entire Earth Every Day http://lnkd.in/dT53SGk

BLOOMBERG: Mercedes, VW to Thwart Google’s Car Inroads in Car Data http://lnkd.in/dRnNVqz

WIRED: How Facebook Could End Up Controlling Everything You Watch and Read Online http://lnkd.in/daY8Uc9

ALL SUBMARINES ARE CLANDESTINE. BLOOMBERG: Xi’s Clandestine Submarine Caves Bolster China’s Maritime Goal http://lnkd.in/dTCtVyB

THE DEATH OF GEOLOGISTS AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS. BLOOMBERG: Watson to Explore for Oil as Repsol Taps IBM’s Analytics Machine http://lnkd.in/dQ2AgkA

THE ECONOMIST: 27m employees around the world have their internet use monitored http://econ.st/1q2WI9S

BBC: EDF France: Inquiry after drones buzz nuclear sites http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29831897

WASHINGTON POST: Surprise! Controversial Patriot Act power now overwhelmingly used in drug investigations http://lnkd.in/dRbNgdc

BLOOMBERG: U.S. Gas Boom Turns Global as LNG Exports to Shake Up Market http://lnkd.in/dP4fQNr

THE ECONOMIST: Prostitution and the internet. More bang for your buck. How new technology is shaking up the oldest business http://lnkd.in/d_KR5fa

COMPUTERWORLD: AI researchers say Elon Musk’s fears ‘not completely crazy’ Artificial intelligence researchers have own worries about intelligent systems http://lnkd.in/dcv9pdj

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 30, 2014)

WIRED: Hackers Are Using Gmail Drafts to Update Their Malware and Steal Data http://lnkd.in/dsiYwPY

YAHOO: Volkswagen says to launch over 20 electric vehicle models in China http://lnkd.in/dV-ZcpM

“The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally (if not more) advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent.”

THE GUARDIAN: Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? Natural and social scientists develop new model of how ‘perfect storm’ of crises could unravel global system http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-civilisation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists

THE GUARDIAN: Antares rocket on ISS resupply mission explodes seconds after launch. Private unmanned craft carrying supplies for International Space Station crashes and burns on Nasa launchpad in Virginia. Antares disaster is stark reminder of ‘incredible dangers’ of spaceflight http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/28/antares-rocket-explodes-nasa-launch-pad-orbital-science

THE INDEPENDENT: Nasa Antares rocket explodes just seconds after takeoff. A Nasa rocket headed for the International Space Station exploded moments after lift off on Tuesday. http://lnkd.in/dPaXusg

HP: HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion™ technology. HP Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D, opening up new possibilities beyond existing technologies to enable a whole new vision for the future of 3D printing. http://lnkd.in/dQjFMXq

GREENTECH: GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete. Without a Federal Tax Credit. GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete Without a Federal Tax Credit. However, the company still wants to see the PTC extended through next year to buy time for a “multi-year phaseout.” http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ge-govt-affairs-director-wind-ptc-can-expire-after-2015

KAI: Google X plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and wearable sensor to detect diseases http://lnkd.in/dG8dFCf

KAI: ‘Data smashing’ could automate discovery, untouched by human hands http://www.kurzweilai.net/data-smashing-could-automate-discovery-untouched-by-human-hands

FAST COMPANY: The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors. Space elevators, teleportation, hoverboards, and driverless cars: The top-secret Google X innovation lab opens up about what it does–and how it thinks. http://lnkd.in/d2MuY2h

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Meet the Google X Life Sciences Team http://lnkd.in/d3qyB7e

CIO: Report: Criminals Use Shellshock Against Mail Servers to Build Botne http://lnkd.in/dgd-D-d

COMPUTERWORLD: Smarter algorithms will power our future digital lives. Baidu researcher says next-gen deep-learning algorithms will feed search, IoT, robotic devices. http://lnkd.in/dGUGRVq

BBC: High milk diet ‘may not cut risk of bone fractures’ http://lnkd.in/dYifNAS

THE GUARDIAN: The future of business lies in people, not profit http://lnkd.in/dZyJFvn

SLATE: Singularity or Transhumanism: What Word Should We Use to Discuss the Future? http://lnkd.in/dt7KhpU

AEON: How plagues really work. The next pandemic will erupt, not from the jungle, but from the disease factories of hospitals, refugee camps and cities http://lnkd.in/dQZtfGK

TED AND SIR MARTIN REES PhD: Can we prevent the end of the world? http://lnkd.in/dg3itr4

As Afghanistan looks for investment, China eyes stability http://lnkd.in/dj_4VVF

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Reinventing cement: a potential game-changer for the planet. A concrete example of massive carbon reduction could result from rearranging the building material’s molecules http://lnkd.in/dfF5NvA

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Why do so many Canadian businesses fear cloud computing? http://lnkd.in/dnpepyv

THE ATLANTIC: What schools and teachers can learn from one of YouTube’s most popular science stars http://theatln.tc/1017wyI

INFOWORLD: Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks http://lnkd.in/dkApk8u

CIO: Cloud Migrations Require Big Changes in IT Staffing http://trib.al/t0aJErc

THE ECONOMIST: Sales of gluten-free food and drink there have surged from $5.4 billion to $8.8 billion over the past two years http://econ.st/1u6CxPs

THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket is booming http://econ.st/1wmYGXw

SPEROFORUM: $50 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction. International nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France won’t begin operation until 2027, but Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works claims they will place a fusion reactor on the back of a truck in ten years. http://lnkd.in/dSsEm9c

COMPUTERWORLD: Review: The new Da Vinci all-in-one 3D scanner/printer http://www.computerworld.com/article/2839535/review-the-new-da-vinci-all-in-one-3d-scannerprinter.html

ENGADGET: Dabbling in the future of payment: A week of Apple Pay and Google Wallet http://lnkd.in/dedZdgt

FORBES: What Google’s Knowledge Graph Means For The Future Of Search http://lnkd.in/d-pPZ8U

FRANCE IN DEEP TROUBLE. FRANCE 24 Russia says France due to hand over first warship November 14 http://f24.my/13caF0t

BLOOMBERG: While You Were Getting Worked Up Over Oil Prices, This Just Happened to Solar http://lnkd.in/dKE8AAS

ERICSSON: THE IMPACT OF DATIFICATION ON STRATEGIC LANDSCAPES at http://lnkd.in/dTweXPD

PHYS ORG: A new spin on virtual reality helps engineers read robots’ minds http://lnkd.in/dqTQMrw

GIGAOM: If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter http://lnkd.in/dwifZW4

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 28, 2014)

REUTERS: Wall St. flat after last week’s big gain; energy weighs http://lnkd.in/dZxTeKd

REUTERS: Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/27/us-amazon-com-media-rooftop-exclusive-idUSKBN0IG1XW20141027

KAI: How ferroelectrics could replace silicon in computers http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-ferroelectrics-could-replace-silicon-in-computers

Power through Ultrasound to Become Ubiquitous if uBeam Succeeds http://www.21stcentech.com/gizmos-gadgets-power-ultrasound-ubiquitous-ubeam-succeeds/

WEST, GET READY. REUTERS: China on track to develop Indian railways as Xi heads to South Asia http://lnkd.in/dEFekhN

BBC: German business confidence falls again, Ifo says http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29787980

REUTERS: Treasury’s Lew warned China on antitrust probes of foreign firms: WSJ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/14/us-usa-china-antitrust-idUSKBN0H90VM20140914

THE GUARDIAN: The internet is after your job – video http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2014/oct/15/the-internet-is-after-your-job-video

THE GUARDIAN: China linked to cyber attacks on Taiwan exploiting Windows vulnerability http://lnkd.in/dgSzSFR

HP: The Internet Destroyed The Middle Class http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/the-internet-destroyed-th_n_3272360.html

Yes, Technology Is Going to Destroy the Middle Class http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/yes-technology-going-destroy-middle-class

DIGITAL THINKING: Is Technology Really Destroying Jobs? http://www.dugcampbell.com/is-technology-really-destroying-jobs/

BLOOMBERG: Move Over, iPhone Cases. Here’s Where No 3-D Printer Has Gone Before http://lnkd.in/dRCR-gx

BLOOMBERG: Russian Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/russia-brain-drain-saps-talent-as-sanctions-hit-financing.html

BLOOMBERG: Supercomputers Combat Ebola in Sierra Leone http://www.bloomberg.com/video/combating-ebola-in-sierra-leone-with-supercomputers-ibm-rf2CkdhqTHGmq3XWRsJoVw.html

THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket: Oil on troubled waters http://econ.st/12k0A1c

THE ECONOMIST: China’s future growth: Even dragons tire http://econ.st/1oxLWgX

PHYS ORG: Reducing population is no environmental ‘quick fix’, modelling research shows http://phys.org/news/2014-10-population-environmental-quick.html

ENGINEERING: Solar, Storage, and Software: A Three-Pronged Approach to Energy Management http://lnkd.in/dDtJqzY

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The Rise of Big Data. How It’s Changing the Way We Think About the World http://lnkd.in/dsccfaC

THE WASHINGTON POST: The rise of big data brings tremendous possibilities and frightening perils http://lnkd.in/dqT2hT2

ENGINEERING: MIT’s First Professional Online Course on Big Data http://lnkd.in/dJFExUi

THE ECONOMIST: New roles for technology. Rise of the robots Prepare for a robot invasion. It will change the way people think about technology http://lnkd.in/dh_7asG

BBC: Are we about to see the rise of robot bosses? http://lnkd.in/dNPWqCy

THE ECONOMIST: Free exchange: The geography of joblessness http://econ.st/12kl5KU

THE ECONOMIST: Information technology: A fork in the digital road http://econ.st/1sUts8L

FUNDWEB: ETF Securities has launched a fund tracking the global robotics industry as it continues to add niche products to its line up. The Robo-Stox Global Robotics and Automation GO Ucits ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is the first ETF offering focused exposure to listed companies…more http://lnkd.in/dvEKfV4

TED: Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots?language=en

“Our economy is bigger than it was before the start of the Great Recession,” says Andrew McAfee, also of MIT.

CBS NEWS: Robots on the rise in the workplace http://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-on-the-rise-in-the-workplace/

BBC: Self-employment: First choice or last resort? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27397993

YOU REALLY LOVE PERPETUAL UNEMPLOYMENT. WIRED: The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World http://lnkd.in/dv_ViiU

QZ: Will robots boost middle class unemployment? http://lnkd.in/dyPqmtq

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess