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My WFS2011 Talk: The Infinite Resource: Growing Prosperity While Reducing Impact on the Earth
I gave at talk this morning at the World Future Society 2011 Conference in Vancouver. The talk was entitled The Infinite Resource: Growing Prosperity While Reducing Impact on the Earth, and it looks at what the ultimate limits of growth … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, energy, environment, future trends, politics, science, solar
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Persuading Climate Skeptics – Why We Need Republican Experts
New Scientist has an interesting article on research into what persuades people on scientific issues. The key finding is that there’s a major impact of hearing the evidence from someone who has similar political and social outlooks. Experts who are … Continue reading
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From Printing Press to Twitter: What Makes a Technology Pro-Democracy?
We’ve heard a lot about the role of social media, text messaging, and mobile phones in the uprising in Egypt. A lot has been said to credit them with fueling or at least organizing the protests and with getting … Continue reading
Lessons From Egypt : Encouraging Saudi Democracy & Beyond
I posted recently that the situation in Egypt provides important lessons for US foreign policy. Specifically, the US should have been pressing for democracy in Egypt decades ago, and making US military aid to Egypt contingent on steps towards a … Continue reading
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Egypt, Twitter, and the Collapse of Top-Heavy Societies
Watching the news about Egypt and the debate as to whether Twitter, Facebook, etc.. are inherently pro-democracy, I’m struck by a connection to Joseph Tainter’s 1988 classic, The Collapse of Complex Societies. Tainter speculates that societies ultimately face two problems. … Continue reading
Egypt: Is Mandatory Conscription Pro-Democracy?
Watching the situation in Egypt, I’ve been struck repeatedly by how the Army has behaved. Today the Egyptian Army announced that it won’t use force against protesters. Earlier in the protests, we saw reports of Egyptian soldiers shaking hands with … Continue reading
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Turmoil in Egypt Shows Shortsightedness of US Foreign Policy
Over the last few days, Egyptians have taken to the streets, demanding that Egyptian president and dictator Hosni Mubarak step down. The protests so far haven’t had a religious or anti-American bent. They’re not Islamist. They are a wave of … Continue reading
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