How Can We Revamp Democracy? 5 Answers From Science Fiction [Post-democracy] <http://io9.com/5031825/how-can-we-revamp-democracy-5-answers-from-scien ...
I'd prefer Affinity. Maybe it's the concept of 'E Pluribus Unum' From Many One. And perhaps from there the Minds of Culture. That seems almost an Analog...
Very good article, but I really liked the Martian government in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy, not mentioned anywhere. I liked also the whuffie concept...
Having been (wrongly) accused of being a "social Darwinist," and also being a long-time advocate of integrating ecological theories of complexity into the...
http://bpp.wharton.upenn.edu/jwolfers/Papers/HappinessInequality.pdf Happiness Inequality in the United States Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers Abstract ...
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080519/klare The New Geopolitics of Energy By Michael T. Klare  While the day-to-day focus of US military planning remains...
URL: http://www.newsweek.com/id/151758 But I Did Everything Right! DNA discoveries are revealing why even the best parenting doesn't have the effects experts...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/5949605.html# Evolving Obama now supports $2 billion more for NASA In contrast to his earlier views on space...
http://sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com/2008/08/seeds-of-change.html Seeds of Change <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809573105?ie=UTF8&tag=sciencefictionb...
http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/08/18/shellenberger/the-new-climate-cen ter-how-technology-could-create-a-political-breakthrough/ The New Climate Center: How...
http://www.sciencesays.net/2008/08/joe-biden-has-awesome-environmental-r ecord/ Joe Biden's Awesome Environmental Record August 23rd, 2008 * 6 Comments The...
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/25/r_d. 'Unprecedented' 2-Year Decline for U.S. Science Funds The numbers will not surprise anyone who has closely...
Robert Jensen, anti-racist anti-porn feminist activist, now embraces neo-luddism and mysterianism. Takes a direct shot at Alex Steffens of WorldChanging. Sad,...
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FYI - I'm in this upcoming episode, if I wasn't cut at the last minute: EXPLORER: MOMENT OF DEATH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd @ 10 PM on The National Geographic...
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Hughes, James J. ... Congratulations, and good luck. Any chance it will be made available sooner or later on the Net? Stefano...
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/26/democrats-ban-linux Democrats can't run Linux Free software does not pay campaign contributions By Nick...
One weakness of my argument that biopolitics is autonomous from economic and cultural political axes has been the near complete lack of credible cultural...
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/mccains-vp-want.html McCain's VP Wants Creationism Taught in School By Brandon Keim on Religion Palin_mccain_660x ...
http://io9.com/5043795/personally-i-preferred-airlock-as-a-vp-choice ... McCain is a military man who spent time in a Vietnam prison camp, the character of...
... While there are a couple of Italian neocon clowns periodically trying to make a reductio ad Hitlerum of my own positions in this respect, a case could...
... Frightening indeed. I do not oppose at all the study of creationism, which is a very interesting subject, but one that should be dealt with in its proper ...
And we have a beauty queen uber-Mom on a presidential ticket... Lau, G.P., Kay, A.C., Spencer, S.J. (2008). Loving Those Who Justify Inequality: The Effects of...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/352178 Ultra-Secretive Right-Wing Group Met In Minn. To Vet Palin posted by Max Blumenthal on 09/01/2008 @...