Forecasting and analysis of emerging trends in globalization, geopolitics, economics, science and technologyTumblr (3.0; @endecast)http://www.endecast.net/<p><a href="http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/11/02/cowen-on-growth/">http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/11/02/cowen-on-growth/</a></p>http://www.endecast.net/post/17623435978http://www.endecast.net/post/17623435978Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:21:27 -0500<p><a href="http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/12/19/whats-changed-on-climate-change/">http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/12/19/whats-changed-on-climate-change/</a></p>http://www.endecast.net/post/17623435985http://www.endecast.net/post/17623435985Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:21:27 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YQIMGV5vtd4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>So cool.</p>http://www.endecast.net/post/16923898367http://www.endecast.net/post/16923898367Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:40:35 -0500airoboticsswarm<a href="http://thepragmaticcenter.com/essay/not-all-regulations-are-created-equal">Not all regulations are created equal | The Pragmatic Center</a>http://www.endecast.net/post/16898960898http://www.endecast.net/post/16898960898Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:29:17 -0500““There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.””<br/><br/> - <em>John Adams</em>http://www.endecast.net/post/16898617042http://www.endecast.net/post/16898617042Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:24:05 -0500<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/obama-administration-says-constitution-protects-cell-phone-recordings.ars">Obama administration says Constitution protects cell phone recordings</a>http://www.endecast.net/post/16118737872http://www.endecast.net/post/16118737872Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:24:10 -0500“Sometimes I curse the onset of winter, but perhaps people, like wheat, require vernalization to develop.”http://www.endecast.net/post/15350368859http://www.endecast.net/post/15350368859Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:16:47 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MTAztZjP3ak?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post/15190574747/mineways-turns-your-minecraft-creations-into">smarterplanet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/2/2676067/mineways-turns-your-virtual-creations-into-something-you-can-hold">Mineways turns your Minecraft creations into something you can hold | The Verge</a></p> <p>New software called Mineways enables you to export your Minecraft creations into models and texture maps ready to send to a 3D printer. To do this, you’ll need an exported world map from Minecraft with your favorite design inside. Using a birds-eye view, you can then select the area you want to print, save it as a model, and then send it over to a 3D printing service like Shapeways. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisistheverge.tumblr.com/post/15186745447/new-software-called-mineways-enables-you-to-export">thisistheverge</a>:</p> </blockquote>http://www.endecast.net/post/15247467911http://www.endecast.net/post/15247467911Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:12:35 -0500<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-dreams-sweeping-eurasian-union-084122179.html">Russia's Putin dreams of sweeping Eurasian Union - Yahoo! News</a>http://www.endecast.net/post/15247400913http://www.endecast.net/post/15247400913Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:10:51 -0500russiatransnationalunioneurasia“Never trade apples for oranges, even if you’d be rich in oranges.”http://www.endecast.net/post/14837738224http://www.endecast.net/post/14837738224Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:47:48 -0500<a href="http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/12/19/whats-changed-on-climate-change/">What’s Changed on Climate Change</a>http://www.endecast.net/post/14501633819http://www.endecast.net/post/14501633819Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:39:26 -0500<p><a href="http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/12/19/whats-changed-on-climate-change/">http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/12/19/whats-changed-on-climate-change/</a></p>http://www.endecast.net/post/14499323574http://www.endecast.net/post/14499323574Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:19:31 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwmw5qRUu1qz5ttno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://emergentfutures.tumblr.com/post/13994821674/how-the-internet-of-things-is-turning-cities">emergentfutures</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h3 class="bio-title"><strong>How The “Internet Of Things” Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms</strong></h3> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p id="article-deck">When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen. First up, water systems that automatically know when it will rain and react accordingly.</p> <p>Full Story: <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/biomimicry/how-the-internet-of-things-is-turning-cities-into-organisms?partner=rss&utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company+Headlines%29">FastCompany</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.endecast.net/post/13995236742http://www.endecast.net/post/13995236742Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:26:28 -0500<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-euro-failure-20111209,0,6246730.story">Not everyone agrees that euro's end would finish off Europe unity - latimes.com</a>http://www.endecast.net/post/13995224441http://www.endecast.net/post/13995224441Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:26:11 -0500EUeuro“<p>Arab countries who have conttributed to Nato operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Libya have been invited by Nato to attend and “witness very frank and open discussions and how policies are shaped or endorsed,” he said.</p> <p>“Libya is a good illustration of what we can do together to promote international security and restore peace,” he said. “There was invaluable understanding and remarkable interoperality between Nato and Arab partner countries who participated in the UN mandated and Nato-led operation in Libya. It was plug and play and Arab pilots were flying wing to wing with our airmen from Nato countries, to protect the civilian population of Libya,” he said.</p>”http://www.endecast.net/post/13994747826http://www.endecast.net/post/13994747826Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:15:36 -0500natogeopoliticsglobal securityarab league<a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678720/former-seasteaders-come-ashore-to-start-libertarian-utopias-in-honduran-jungle">Former "Seasteaders" Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Utopias In Honduran Jungle | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation</a>: <p>I agree with the sentiments in one of the comments of this article that this should be joined in parallel with other such charter cities, varying in their legal systems (some more libertarian, some less so, for example).  Consider it a distributed simulation.  The role of the traditional nation-state is interesting in this.  Might nation-states in the future serve as constitutional operating systems upon which modular legal systems are chartered in parallel?  The nation-state OS provides for the security of the state system (from both threats within and without), and enforces codified protections of individual liberties that supersede local legal systems; which are otherwise left to self-government.</p>http://www.endecast.net/post/13850850566http://www.endecast.net/post/13850850566Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:16:28 -0500sustainabilitygovernanceopen source<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqo0lxLr51qz4fj0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://emergentfutures.tumblr.com/post/13830040080/futuramb-woolly-mammoth-to-be-brought-back-to">emergentfutures</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://futuramb.tumblr.com/post/13782017238/woolly-mammoth-to-be-brought-back-to-life-from">futuramb</a>:</p> <blockquote><strong>Woolly mammoth to be brought back to life from cloned bone marrow ‘within five years’ | Mail Online</strong></blockquote> <blockquote><br/></blockquote> <blockquote><strong><br/></strong></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote>Scientists believe it may be possible to clone a woolly mammoth within five years after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia.<br/><br/> Teams from Russia’s Sakha Republic’s mammoth museum and Japan’s Kinki University will launch fully-fledged joint research next year aiming to recreate the giant mammal, Japan’s Kyodo News reported from Yakutsk, Russia. <br/><br/> By replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken from the mammoth’s marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be produced, Kyodo said, citing the researchers.</blockquote> <p>Fascinating research, but I bet that a lot of people will argue that it is better to use the money to preserve som species that still haven’t gone extinct rather than artificially regenerate some who have…</p> <p>If it succeeds it will definitely have huge impact on how we look upon life and extinction in the future.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>It could be interesting to join this effort to reintroducing megafauna to the North American continent (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene_Rewilding">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene_Rewilding</a>) as well as rehabilitating the American Bison population in the wake of wide spread prairie dehabitation.</p>http://www.endecast.net/post/13850536224http://www.endecast.net/post/13850536224Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:10:30 -0500geneticsecologymegafauna rewildingcloning<a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665567/4-reasons-why-the-future-of-capitalism-is-homegrown-small-scale-and-independent">4 Reasons Why The Future Of Capitalism Is Homegrown, Small Scale, And Independent | Co. Design</a>http://www.endecast.net/post/13850240978http://www.endecast.net/post/13850240978Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:04:52 -0500microfinancenew capitalismsustainabilitylocalism<a href="http://thomaspmbarnett.com/globlogization/2011/12/6/putins-woes-are-worth-suffering.html">Thomas Barnett: "Putin's woes are worth suffering"</a>: <p>An update on the state of democracy in Russia.  Getting closer.</p>http://www.endecast.net/post/13828118266http://www.endecast.net/post/13828118266Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:41:04 -0500russia<a href="http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/productivity-roundups/mac-office-productivity-software/">The Ultimate Collection of Productivity & Office Software for Mac | Mac.AppStorm</a>: <p>Pretty great overview of some of the best productivity software available on the Mac platform.  I’m an Omni guy myself (OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, etc).</p>http://www.endecast.net/post/13569635557http://www.endecast.net/post/13569635557Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:40:01 -0500productivitysoftwarereviews