Greedy Bastards Antidote: Lawrence Lessig and "One Way Forward" by Greedy Bastards Antidote. 8 Ways The World Will Change By 2052. Let me answer some of your likely questions about the next 40 years as I expect them to unfold. 1.
Will I Be Poorer? Some of us will, others will not. In order to give a clearer answer, the question must be asked more precisely. The question must be: Will I be poorer compared to x? Furthermore you must be precise about what future time you are asking about. If we’re willing to sacrifice some precision, though, I can provide this general answer: As long as you are not a citizen of the United States, you will be richer in 2052 than you are today. And I can add: Unless you do something very stupid (or very unconventional) during the next 40 years, you will be in the same position vis-à-vis your neighbors and peers as you are now. Finally, I will give you a piece of uninvited advice: Yours is the wrong question. So when you privately assess the implications for yourself of my global forecast, try to judge what it will mean for your well-being, not only what it will mean for your income. 2. 3.
Democracy imperilled in the Maldives. The United States and much of the international community has understandably been focused on increasingly violent conflict in Syria.
However, attention also needs to be given to the Muslim people of this Asian nation and their commitment to the power of nonviolent action Well before the launch of the Arab Spring, the people of the Maldives, a Muslim nation located on a tropical archipelago in the Indian Ocean, were engaged in widespread nonviolent resistance against the 30-year reign of the corrupt and autocratic president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The growing civil insurrection forced the dictator to finally allow for free elections in October 2008, which he lost. This triumph for democracy is now threatened as a result of a coup last month led by allies of the former dictator and hardline Islamists. Nasheed’s increasingly bold and popular efforts against the vestiges of the Gayoom dictatorship, however, threatened powerful interests. Hackers had 'full functional control' of Nasa computers. 2 March 2012Last updated at 13:52 ET NASA said the loss of data did not affect the operations of the International Space Station Hackers gained "full functional control" of key Nasa computers in 2011, the agency's inspector general has told US lawmakers.
Paul K Martin said hackers took over Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) computers and "compromised the accounts of the most privileged JPL users". He said the attack, involving Chinese IP addresses, was under investigation. In a statement, Nasa said it had "made significant progress to protect the agency's IT systems". Dylan Ratigan - Greedy Bastard$ Health Care for a Changing Work Force. Genius! Occupy Cal gets around rules outlawing tents. FIGHT SOPA. American Censorship Day. The question on everyone's mind. In our culture a person's worth is tied to his or her profession, says LZ Granderson.
LZ Granderson says Americans love to ask strangers: "What do you do for a living? "He says the once-innocent question has new meaning in a time of economic turmoilIt offers a window into how people are doing and in theory how happy they are, he saysGranderson: We should be less focused on the material and more on the worth of people Editor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and is a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary.
He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com and the 2009 winner of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for online journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @locs_n_laughs. Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- There isn't a question that's more quintessentially American than "What do you do for a living?
" LZ Granderson. Hartmann: Destroying the Postal Service - another Manufactured Crisis.