Archive for the 'science'

Forensic Paleo-Anthropology and the Last Man

May 5th, 2009 by zen

THE FIRST EUROPEAN – NOT ENTIRELY HOMO...
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Posted in anthropology, Archaeology, Evolution, fun, futurism, ideas, Prehistoric, Questions, science, youtube | 11 comments

Chet Richards: Review of The Scientific Way of Warfare

April 20th, 2009 by zen

Dr. Chet Richards has a methodical review up at...
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Posted in 21st century, authors, book, chet richards, dni, ideas, intellectuals, military, science, theory | 1 comment

Excess Complexity is the Route to Extinction

April 10th, 2009 by zen

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black...
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Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, authors, barack obama, black swans, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, economics, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, markets, network theory, obama, physics, politics, reform, resilience, science, society, theory | 22 comments

CIA Clandestine Operatives: Horizontal Thinkers or Just in Need of Ritalin?

March 20th, 2009 by zen

Jeff Stein of Spy Talk had a fascinating...
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Posted in attention, brain, CIA, cognition, creativity, horizontal thinking, IC, ideas, intelligence, metacognition, psychology, science | 5 comments

Intersecting Emerging Tech and Society – Juan Enriquez

March 3rd, 2009 by zen

This is good, once you get past the pedestrian...
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Posted in fun, futurism, science, society, tech, TED | 2 comments