FUTURISM UPDATE (November 01, 2014)

BLOOMBERG: Virgin Galactic Ship Crashes With 1 Pilot Reported Dead http://lnkd.in/dR-C8cV

ENGADGET: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashes after launch http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/31/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo/

THE GUARDIAN: One person dead as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane crashes on test flight http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/31/spaceshiptwo-…ash-mojave

BUSINESS INSIDER: One Dead, One Injured In Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash http://www.businessinsider.com/virgin-galactic-spaceship-rep…014-10

FORBES: Virgin Galactic Spaceship Destroyed During Test Flight http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/10/31/virgin-gala…st-flight/

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crashes. Accident in California’s Mojave Desert Kills One Pilot, Injures Another http://online.wsj.com/articles/virgin-galactic-spaceship-crashes-1414781841

NEW YORK TIMES: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/science/virgin-galactics-s…s&_r=0

BLOOMBERG: Twitter and IBM strike data mining agreement http://lnkd.in/du5KtxV

YOU GOT INCLUDE THEIR OWN CORRUPTION OPERATING COSTS. NEW YORK TIMES: Are Banks Too Expensive to Use? http://lnkd.in/d2a7tWD

THE WORLD BANK: Climate Change, Risk Management and the Big Emitters http://lnkd.in/dF_y7WB

SUICIDALS TO BE ARE RUNNING TO VIRGIN GALACTIC’S WAITING LIST!

LINKEDIN: Richard Branson, Success, Unpreparedness, Failure, and Death! http://lnkd.in/dQmt_wM

WHEN YOU WANT A SKUNK WORK SHIP TO BLOW UP, YOU JUST USE 1960 SOVIET (COMMUNIST) BURNERS AND MAKE A HUGE FOOL OF A SUPERNATION AND ITS SKUNKS. PEOPLE ABUNDANTLY KNOW THAT SOVIET AND RUSSIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE METHODOLOGIES ARE THE MOST UNRELIABLE IN THE WORLD, ALONG WITH THAT OF CHINA, GERMANY’S WORLD’S SUPERCLIENT # 1.

THE ECONOMIST: Where not to invest in Europe http://lnkd.in/dpSpMXB

NANOWERK: A quantum leap in nanoparticle efficiency http://lnkd.in/dBJrS64

BUSINESS INSIDER: $129 Billion Worth Of New York City Real Estate Now Lies In Flood Zones http://lnkd.in/d55uCdN

A POOR COUNTRY, INDIA SENT A MISSION TO MARS, NOT TO THE FOOLISH MOON, WITH UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS AND WITH A HUMBLE BUDGET. NASA AND VIRGIN GALACTIC WENT UNDER IN TWO SILLY BUT MOST ONEROUSLY EXPENSIVE “EXPLOSIVE INITIATIVES”. NOW, BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS KNOW THAT WHEN THEY WANT TO SUCCEED, YOU EMBRACE RICHARD BRANSON SUCCESS TIPS, EMBRACING THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY AGAINST THE PRESCRIPTION OF SIR. MARTIN REES PhD. ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY.

DON’T GET ME WRONG, INDIA IS A POOR COUNTRY THAT WILL BECOME WORLD’S SUPERPOWER #1 OR #2.

To the dismal and naivety of so-called futurists, the Present and Future of Spaceflight is “sucked” by NASA’s Contractors and Virgin Galactic. A Dr. Wernher von Braun’s U.S. scientist that both cases underestimated the “RELIABILITY EFFORT.”

LINKEDIN: WALMART WILL BE SPUTNIKKED BY AMAZON OR ALIBABA http://lnkd.in/ddRTN7Q

One Of The World’s Most Powerful Envious Literary Agents Compared Amazon To ISIS http://lnkd.in/dFyimUp

NO, NO, NO, WITHOUT THE RELIABILITY EFFORT BEFORE. WS: Richard Branson, in a September interview, predicted Virgin Galactic would have its first flight before Christmas http://on.wsj.com/1wQZQgJ

FINANCIAL TIMES: Google looks beyond search for growth http://on.ft.com/1pcqaQ4

THE ECONOMIST: Schumpeter. Titans of innovation. What can business learn from Big Science? http://lnkd.in/dXDJc3K

THE ECONOMIST: Schumpeter. Second wind. Some traditional businesses are thriving in an age of disruptive innovation http://lnkd.in/dHZtpdP

COMPUTERWORLD: NASA puts finishing touches on Mars-bound spacecraft http://lnkd.in/d3Vn4NB

FORBES: Amazon And Samsung Are Locked In A Battle Against Google http://lnkd.in/dyJr8uh

CIO: Cleveland Clinic Uses IBM’s Watson in the Cloud to Fight Cancer http://lnkd.in/d_RyPps

WILL GOOGLE SPUTNIK AMAZON? NEW SCIENTIST: Can Google Express deliver on same-day shopping? http://lnkd.in/detqtKX

NEW SCIENTIST: Spider-drones weave high-rise structures out of cables http://lnkd.in/dXfuHaQ

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: China’s Imperial President. Xi Jinping Tightens His Grip. Xi Jinping’s reforms are designed to produce a corruption-free, politically cohesive, and economically powerful one-party state with global reach: a Singapore on steroids. http://lnkd.in/dKZ5tad

CNN: Taking a cue from science fiction, Microsoft demos ‘universal translator’. Skype users will soon be able to conduct voice and video calls supported by a near-real time translation technology. http://lnkd.in/dMQYtmT

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: What Happens to Consciousness When We Die.The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry http://lnkd.in/dKs7duQ

FORBES: Leaving The Church Of Data http://lnkd.in/dE4uUSu

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: What Happens to Consciousness When We Die. The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry. Where is the experience of red in your brain? The question was put to me by Deepak Chopra at his Sages and Scientists Symposium in Carlsbad, Calif., on March 3. http://lnkd.in/d5RJuUy

FOREIGN POLICY: Russian Military Escalates Provocation Campaign in Europe http://lnkd.in/dUfGBD2

LINKEDIN: Richard Branson, Success, Unpreparedness, Failure, and Death! http://lnkd.in/dQmt_wM

Bill Gates: People Don’t Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced By Software Bots Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-bots-are-taking-aw…z3Hn8hZHOD

Bill Gates Just Put Nostradamus to Shame.Not long ago, every broker on Wall Street turned a blind eye to the robotics industry. The vast majority of investors did, too. But then something interesting happened…In December 2006, Microsoft (MSFT) Co-Founder, Bill Gates, wrote something for Scientific American. http://www.techandinnovationdaily.com/2014/02/01/bill-gates-robotics-industry/

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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Walmart Will Be Sputnikked By Amazon Or Alibaba

Walmart will be Sputnikked by Amazon or Alibaba. That is, as you don’t understand English and Russian, let us try Latin:

“… Si vis pacem, para bellum.…”

(Corporations and countries who get sputnikked are not Incessantly Renewing the Global and Geopolitical Competitive Advantage)

Alibaba President: Our Sales Will Surpass Walmart In Two Years. Read more:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinas-alibaba-surpass-walmart-sale…z3HlHZ1P1Y

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 31, 2014)

WIRED: Huge Flock of Minisatellites Aims to Photograph the Entire Earth Every Day http://lnkd.in/dT53SGk

BLOOMBERG: Mercedes, VW to Thwart Google’s Car Inroads in Car Data http://lnkd.in/dRnNVqz

WIRED: How Facebook Could End Up Controlling Everything You Watch and Read Online http://lnkd.in/daY8Uc9

ALL SUBMARINES ARE CLANDESTINE. BLOOMBERG: Xi’s Clandestine Submarine Caves Bolster China’s Maritime Goal http://lnkd.in/dTCtVyB

THE DEATH OF GEOLOGISTS AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS. BLOOMBERG: Watson to Explore for Oil as Repsol Taps IBM’s Analytics Machine http://lnkd.in/dQ2AgkA

THE ECONOMIST: 27m employees around the world have their internet use monitored http://econ.st/1q2WI9S

BBC: EDF France: Inquiry after drones buzz nuclear sites http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29831897

WASHINGTON POST: Surprise! Controversial Patriot Act power now overwhelmingly used in drug investigations http://lnkd.in/dRbNgdc

BLOOMBERG: U.S. Gas Boom Turns Global as LNG Exports to Shake Up Market http://lnkd.in/dP4fQNr

THE ECONOMIST: Prostitution and the internet. More bang for your buck. How new technology is shaking up the oldest business http://lnkd.in/d_KR5fa

COMPUTERWORLD: AI researchers say Elon Musk’s fears ‘not completely crazy’ Artificial intelligence researchers have own worries about intelligent systems http://lnkd.in/dcv9pdj

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 30, 2014)

WIRED: Hackers Are Using Gmail Drafts to Update Their Malware and Steal Data http://lnkd.in/dsiYwPY

YAHOO: Volkswagen says to launch over 20 electric vehicle models in China http://lnkd.in/dV-ZcpM

“The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally (if not more) advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent.”

THE GUARDIAN: Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’? Natural and social scientists develop new model of how ‘perfect storm’ of crises could unravel global system http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/ma…scientists

THE GUARDIAN: Antares rocket on ISS resupply mission explodes seconds after launch. Private unmanned craft carrying supplies for International Space Station crashes and burns on Nasa launchpad in Virginia. Antares disaster is stark reminder of ‘incredible dangers’ of spaceflight http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/28/antares-rocke…al-science

THE INDEPENDENT: Nasa Antares rocket explodes just seconds after takeoff. A Nasa rocket headed for the International Space Station exploded moments after lift off on Tuesday. http://lnkd.in/dPaXusg

HP: HP 3D printing with Multi Jet Fusion™ technology. HP Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D, opening up new possibilities beyond existing technologies to enable a whole new vision for the future of 3D printing. http://lnkd.in/dQjFMXq

GREENTECH: GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete. Without a Federal Tax Credit. GE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete Without a Federal Tax Credit. However, the company still wants to see the PTC extended through next year to buy time for a “multi-year phaseout.” http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ge-govt-affairs-…after-2015

KAI: Google X plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and wearable sensor to detect diseases http://lnkd.in/dG8dFCf

KAI: ‘Data smashing’ could automate discovery, untouched by human hands http://www.kurzweilai.net/data-smashing-could-automate-disco…uman-hands

FAST COMPANY: The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors. Space elevators, teleportation, hoverboards, and driverless cars: The top-secret Google X innovation lab opens up about what it does–and how it thinks. http://lnkd.in/d2MuY2h

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Meet the Google X Life Sciences Team http://lnkd.in/d3qyB7e

CIO: Report: Criminals Use Shellshock Against Mail Servers to Build Botne http://lnkd.in/dgd-D-d

COMPUTERWORLD: Smarter algorithms will power our future digital lives. Baidu researcher says next-gen deep-learning algorithms will feed search, IoT, robotic devices. http://lnkd.in/dGUGRVq

BBC: High milk diet ‘may not cut risk of bone fractures’ http://lnkd.in/dYifNAS

THE GUARDIAN: The future of business lies in people, not profit http://lnkd.in/dZyJFvn

SLATE: Singularity or Transhumanism: What Word Should We Use to Discuss the Future? http://lnkd.in/dt7KhpU

AEON: How plagues really work. The next pandemic will erupt, not from the jungle, but from the disease factories of hospitals, refugee camps and cities http://lnkd.in/dQZtfGK

TED AND SIR MARTIN REES PhD: Can we prevent the end of the world? http://lnkd.in/dg3itr4

As Afghanistan looks for investment, China eyes stability http://lnkd.in/dj_4VVF

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Reinventing cement: a potential game-changer for the planet. A concrete example of massive carbon reduction could result from rearranging the building material’s molecules http://lnkd.in/dfF5NvA

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Why do so many Canadian businesses fear cloud computing? http://lnkd.in/dnpepyv

THE ATLANTIC: What schools and teachers can learn from one of YouTube’s most popular science stars http://theatln.tc/1017wyI

INFOWORLD: Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks http://lnkd.in/dkApk8u

CIO: Cloud Migrations Require Big Changes in IT Staffing http://trib.al/t0aJErc

THE ECONOMIST: Sales of gluten-free food and drink there have surged from $5.4 billion to $8.8 billion over the past two years http://econ.st/1u6CxPs

THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket is booming http://econ.st/1wmYGXw

SPEROFORUM: $50 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction. International nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France won’t begin operation until 2027, but Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works claims they will place a fusion reactor on the back of a truck in ten years. http://lnkd.in/dSsEm9c

COMPUTERWORLD: Review: The new Da Vinci all-in-one 3D scanner/printer http://www.computerworld.com/article/2839535/review-the-new-…inter.html

ENGADGET: Dabbling in the future of payment: A week of Apple Pay and Google Wallet http://lnkd.in/dedZdgt

FORBES: What Google’s Knowledge Graph Means For The Future Of Search http://lnkd.in/d-pPZ8U

FRANCE IN DEEP TROUBLE. FRANCE 24 Russia says France due to hand over first warship November 14 http://f24.my/13caF0t

BLOOMBERG: While You Were Getting Worked Up Over Oil Prices, This Just Happened to Solar http://lnkd.in/dKE8AAS

ERICSSON: THE IMPACT OF DATIFICATION ON STRATEGIC LANDSCAPES at http://lnkd.in/dTweXPD

PHYS ORG: A new spin on virtual reality helps engineers read robots’ minds http://lnkd.in/dqTQMrw

GIGAOM: If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter http://lnkd.in/dwifZW4

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 28, 2014)

REUTERS: Wall St. flat after last week’s big gain; energy weighs http://lnkd.in/dZxTeKd

REUTERS: Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/27/us-amazon-com-medi…XW20141027

KAI: How ferroelectrics could replace silicon in computers http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-ferroelectrics-could-replace-silicon-in-computers

Power through Ultrasound to Become Ubiquitous if uBeam Succeeds http://www.21stcentech.com/gizmos-gadgets-power-ultrasound-u…-succeeds/

WEST, GET READY. REUTERS: China on track to develop Indian railways as Xi heads to South Asia http://lnkd.in/dEFekhN

BBC: German business confidence falls again, Ifo says http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29787980

REUTERS: Treasury’s Lew warned China on antitrust probes of foreign firms: WSJ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/14/us-usa-china-antit…VM20140914

THE GUARDIAN: The internet is after your job – video http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2014/oct/15/the-…-job-video

THE GUARDIAN: China linked to cyber attacks on Taiwan exploiting Windows vulnerability http://lnkd.in/dgSzSFR

HP: The Internet Destroyed The Middle Class http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/the-internet-destro…72360.html

Yes, Technology Is Going to Destroy the Middle Class http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/yes-technology…ddle-class

DIGITAL THINKING: Is Technology Really Destroying Jobs? http://www.dugcampbell.com/is-technology-really-destroying-jobs/

BLOOMBERG: Move Over, iPhone Cases. Here’s Where No 3-D Printer Has Gone Before http://lnkd.in/dRCR-gx

BLOOMBERG: Russian Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/russia-brai…ncing.html

BLOOMBERG: Supercomputers Combat Ebola in Sierra Leone http://www.bloomberg.com/video/combating-ebola-in-sierra-leo…sJoVw.html

THE ECONOMIST: Pakistan’s stockmarket: Oil on troubled waters http://econ.st/12k0A1c

THE ECONOMIST: China’s future growth: Even dragons tire http://econ.st/1oxLWgX

PHYS ORG: Reducing population is no environmental ‘quick fix’, modelling research shows http://phys.org/news/2014-10-population-environmental-quick.html

ENGINEERING: Solar, Storage, and Software: A Three-Pronged Approach to Energy Management http://lnkd.in/dDtJqzY

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: The Rise of Big Data. How It’s Changing the Way We Think About the World http://lnkd.in/dsccfaC

THE WASHINGTON POST: The rise of big data brings tremendous possibilities and frightening perils http://lnkd.in/dqT2hT2

ENGINEERING: MIT’s First Professional Online Course on Big Data http://lnkd.in/dJFExUi

THE ECONOMIST: New roles for technology. Rise of the robots Prepare for a robot invasion. It will change the way people think about technology http://lnkd.in/dh_7asG

BBC: Are we about to see the rise of robot bosses? http://lnkd.in/dNPWqCy

THE ECONOMIST: Free exchange: The geography of joblessness http://econ.st/12kl5KU

THE ECONOMIST: Information technology: A fork in the digital road http://econ.st/1sUts8L

FUNDWEB: ETF Securities has launched a fund tracking the global robotics industry as it continues to add niche products to its line up. The Robo-Stox Global Robotics and Automation GO Ucits ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is the first ETF offering focused exposure to listed companies…more http://lnkd.in/dvEKfV4

TED: Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_person…anguage=en

“Our economy is bigger than it was before the start of the Great Recession,” says Andrew McAfee, also of MIT.

CBS NEWS: Robots on the rise in the workplace http://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-on-the-rise-in-the-workplace/

BBC: Self-employment: First choice or last resort? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27397993

YOU REALLY LOVE PERPETUAL UNEMPLOYMENT. WIRED: The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World http://lnkd.in/dv_ViiU

QZ: Will robots boost middle class unemployment? http://lnkd.in/dyPqmtq

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 24, 2014)

FORBES: Three Industries Going Through Dramatic Supply Chain Transformations http://lnkd.in/drBaPhW

GEEKWIRE: Google leads $542M Magic Leap deal, betting on augmented reality http://www.geekwire.com/2014/google-leads-542m-magic-leap-in…d-reality/

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Google Invests Heavily in Magic Leap’s Effort to Blend Illusion and Reality http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/google-invests-in-mag…lity-firm/

THE NEW YORK TIMES: On the Cusp of Climate Change, that is the Global Existential Risk of the Climate at http://lnkd.in/dcENSVk

FORBES: Three Industries Going Through Dramatic Supply Chain Transformations http://lnkd.in/drBaPhW

FEDTECH: Why Data Center Consolidation Savings Are a Moving Target. Most agencies are reporting estimated savings and cost avoidance data to the Office of Management and Budget. http://lnkd.in/dFsrTm7

NEW YORK TIMES: Amazon Web Services to Open German Center http://lnkd.in/d7X2Grd

BUSINESS INSIDER: Mark Zuckerberg taught himself Mandarin, inspired by his wife Priscilla Chan, while running Facebook. He’s good enough that he was able to give a 30-minute Q&A today entirely in Mandarin at Tsinghua University in China. http://lnkd.in/dnpYPxF

GIZMODO: Compact SSDs That Outperform the Fastest USB Flash Drives http://gizmodo.com/compact-ssds-that-outperform-the-fastest-…socialflow

THE NEW YORK TIMES: On the Cusp of Climate Change, that is the Global Existential Risk of the Climate at http://lnkd.in/dcENSVk

COMPUTERWORLD: 8 big trends in big data analytics http://lnkd.in/dd_GZ8X

NASA: China launched to the Moon today. The spacecraft will have a brief 8-day mission out to the Moon and back. It is an engineering test for the technology that the future Chang’e 5 sample return mission will need to return samples to Earth. http://lnkd.in/dDktQMQ

FINANCIAL TIMES: PC market recovery boosts Microsoft http://on.ft.com/1oyRYxV

THE ECONOMIST: Japan’s new airliner. Is Mitsubishi’s new jetliner a commercially viable project? http://lnkd.in/dctx_6Z

REUTERS: Why Ukraine’s revolution has left protesters discontented and the country divided. http://reut.rs/1rlK4TV

BUSINESS INSIDER: 3 Girls Won The Google Science Fair With A Bacteria-Based Plan To Solve The Food Crisis http://lnkd.in/dHZRFP9

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Current Sun Activity May Reduce the Speed of Climate Change and Stop Humans From Going to Mars http://lnkd.in/dnsjrdY

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia Wants State Control of Root Internet Infrastructure http://lnkd.in/d_4XqhK

MOSCOW TIMES: Russia’s CSTO Stumbles on Regional Conflicts in Drive to Rival NATO. While top Russian officials and pro-Kremlin politicians continue to paint NATO as an existential threat to Russia and even an instigator of the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has been working to strengthen the legitimacy of…more http://lnkd.in/dEKe3tE

DER SPIEGEL: The Zombie System: How Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails http://lnkd.in/d2X-P2A

REUTERS: Microsoft sales beat Street hopes, cloud profits up http://lnkd.in/d7Dr7nz

THE ECONOMIST: Market turmoil: A blessing in disguise? http://econ.st/12kjLbc

LINKEDIN: Boards and Clients! http://lnkd.in/dA9breP

THE ECONOMIST: Unproductive production. Weakening productivity is casting doubt on the sustainability of China’s growth http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21623708…3b12a5e227

WASHINGTON TIMES: Putin emboldened by weak U.S. response to Russian aggression, analysts say: http://wtim.es/1seW6gV

FORTUNE MAGAZINE: In online sales, could Wal-Mart ever top Amazon? http://for.tn/1xevpgX

REUTERS: Merkel says EU will discuss bridging finance for Ukraine next week http://reut.rs/1ozyxEW

FINANCIAL TIMES: Chinese property prices fall across the country http://on.ft.com/1D3Xbi8

Love by Sun Tzu is paid with love by Sun Tzu.

George Soros: Russia threatens EU’s survival: http://on.mktw.net/1uM3lPv

MONEY IS NOT BACKED WITH GOLD. REMEMBER NIXON? WSJ Markets: Put your money into blue-chip stocks and watch it grow? Not so much lately: http://on.wsj.com/1ovpZ25

Bloomberg News: Drop in China home prices spreads as easing fails to halt downturn of economy http://bloom.bg/1zn4YuP

FINANCIAL TIMES: US accuses allies of buying Isis oil http://on.ft.com/1DF95B6

THE ECONOMIST: The world’s biggest economies. China’s back http://lnkd.in/dKUKrDe

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 23, 2014)

FINANCIAL TIMES: Insurers ‘unready’ for climate change http://on.ft.com/1CWVHWM

HUFF POST: Amelia: IPsoft’s New Artificial Intelligence Can Think Like A Human, And Wants Your Job http://lnkd.in/daZCHqx

CIO: Lufthansa leaves the computing to IBM http://trib.al/JPKogpE

REUTERS: Obama learns the same lesson other progressive presidents had to: You can have guns or butter, not both: http://reut.rs/1x9hbOh

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: NATO jets, including Canadian Hornets, scrambled twice in two days to intercept Russian spyplane http://goo.gl/5LvH0Z

BLOOMBERG: This is why the stock market rally is bad news: http://bloom.bg/1waFLSe

POP SCI: Four Technologies That Will Carry The Weight Of War http://lnkd.in/dcwuQNi

PEW RESEARCH: AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs http://lnkd.in/dXdr2yh

BLOOMBERG NEWS: The $13 billion plan to transform Capetown: http://bloom.bg/1FDL2o4

BLOOMBERG NEWS: Artificial Intelligence Is Next Frontier for Infosys http://lnkd.in/dthv-xm

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Artificial intelligence could automate half of U.S. jobs in 20 years. ‘Machine learning’ could eliminate jobs like loan officer, cab driver and real-estate agent. http://lnkd.in/dbNgB5t

STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Artificial intelligence (AI) will have many profound societal effects http://lnkd.in/d_uNsr5

BUSINESS INSIDER: Artificial Intelligence Took America’s Jobs And It’s Going To Take A Lot More. The scary new dimension is artificial intelligence, which could replace as many as 50 million professional jobs. http://lnkd.in/dhaVhqP

FINANCIAL TIMES: Russian plane violates Estonian air space http://on.ft.com/1CX4S9E

WASHINGTON POST: Sweden prepared to use ‘armed force, if necessary’ on suspected Russian submarine http://lnkd.in/dTwit9i

NEW REPUBLIC: This Is What It Will Look Like When Robots Take All Our Jobs http://lnkd.in/dnsDbVq

IF YOU GET REALLY UPSET AT PUTIN, YOU WILL BE BLACKMAIL WITH M.A.D. WWIII. IN THE MEAN TIME, RE-CONQUERING EVERY NATION-STATE IS EASTERN EUROPE WILL BRING HIM GOLD AND GEOPOLITICAL AND POLITICAL DIVIDENDS, DIVIDENDS AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEM. IN THE BACKGROUND, CHINA, A PROFITER FROM THE MOTIONS, WILL HAVE A GARGANTUAN LAUGHTER.

UPSTART: How to stop worrying about artificial intelligence and outsmart the job apocalypse http://lnkd.in/d7tyJmT

“Why Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan, and the China Sea Sovereign Possessions will ONLY be of the ownership of Continental China? http://lnkd.in/dq7X6fx

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: A new breed of computer chips that operate more like the brain may be about to narrow the gulf between artificial and natural computation—between circuits that crunch through logical operations at blistering speed http://lnkd.in/d3gGtbs

THE INDEPENDENT: Advances in artificial intelligence could lead to mass unemployment, warn experts http://lnkd.in/dWn5TSn

YAHOO NEWS: DNA reveals that Neanderthals and humans first mated 50,000 years ago, researchers say: http://yhoo.it/1wkSkbe

THE ATLANTIC: Detroit and the evaporating right to running water http://theatln.tc/1wkqcVI

UNTIL POLAND IS RECAPTURED. MOSCOW TIMES: Poland Plays Hardball With Russia on Gas http://lnkd.in/dEJkJac

THE ECONOMIST: The oil price is tumbling. Is that good or bad news for the world economy? http://econ.st/1DBqrPo

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: The very laws of physics imply that artificial intelligence must be viable. What’s holding us up? http://lnkd.in/dsaDfh7

BUSINESS SPECTATOR: Future Forward: What’s next for smartphones http://lnkd.in/dhgiH7d

WASHINGTON POST: We’re failing to prepare our kids for the impending robot takeover​. Here’s what we should teach them. http://lnkd.in/dAPHbAN

BBC: Microsoft ditching the Nokia name on smartphones http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29724072

BUSINESS INSIDER: Bill Gates Makes Over $1 Million Every Day Doing Almost Nothing. http://lnkd.in/dC3qyzj

LINKEDIN: “The Future-Ready Advice Bill Gates Gave Us 15 Years Ago… And Made Him a Superbillionaire in the Process!” http://lnkd.in/dxn98d9

GET BEYOND READY. THE ECONOMIST: The future of jobs. The onrushing wave. Previous technological innovation has always delivered more long-run employment, not less. But things can change. http://lnkd.in/dRGiYdt

WALL STREET JOURNAL: The First $1 Trillion Company? Why Google Could Beat Apple to Milestone http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/10/13/the-first-1-trilli…milestone/

TECH CRUNCH: Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with China’s Vice Premier following iCloud security attack http://tcrn.ch/1wlexWw

THE ECONOMIST: Foreign direct investment into Myanmar tripled in three years to $2.6 billion in 2013 http://econ.st/12dju9V

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN. CBS NEWS: White House on lockdown after latest fence jumper http://lnkd.in/dj8Uh8i)

THE ECONOMIST: Serbia is caught between its European ambitions and its prime minister’s autocratic drift http://econ.st/11W2ipd

ENGADGET: Atom-scale brain sensors will show exactly how your mind works http://lnkd.in/d_vhPSk

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 22, 2014)

INFOWORLD: General Electric lays out big plans for big data http://www.infoworld.com/article/2616433/big-data/general-el…-data.html

THE TELEGRAPH: The Real Cyborgs http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/the-future-is-android/index.html

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Who Has a Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap? Guess! http://www.21stcentech.com/climate-change-adaptation-roadmap-guess/

Russia threatens US with Five Thousand Nuclear Warheads http://lnkd.in/dPbGPZf

Wall Street Journal: U.S. to require passengers from Ebola-stricken countries to fly into 5 airports with enhanced screening: http://on.wsj.com/1wml4iU

PHYS ORG: Team advances genome editing technique http://phys.org/news/2014-10-team-advances-genome-technique.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Swiss Banks on Own in Navigating U.S. Offshore-Account Requirements http://lnkd.in/dVkh8jd

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Israeli rabbinate won’t invalidate Washington rabbi’s conversions. Uncertainty over converts to Judaism dispelled amid charges of voyeurism against Barry Freundel http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-rabbinate-wont-invalida…nversions/

Currents and Undercurrents? https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017005851&#…ercurrents

Bart and Homer on The Iliad! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017012329&#…-the-iliad

Marilyn Monroe in London and Continuous Performance Improvement https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141018220154&#…mprovement

Road Drone #1 and Leonardo https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141021024138&#…d-leonardo

KAI: ‘Hidden brain signatures’ of consciousness in vegetative state patients discovered http://www.kurzweilai.net/hidden-brain-signatures-of-conscio…discovered

KAI: Transparent graphene-based sensors open new window into the brain http://www.kurzweilai.net/transparent-graphene-based-sensors…-the-brain

BUSINESS INSIDER: HP Is Going To Announce A Crazy New Computer That Can Scan Objects In 3D http://lnkd.in/dxrc5gv

Forbes: Daimler sold its 4% stake in Tesla for about $780 million: http://onforb.es/1sM7Ye9

BY MR. ANDRES AGOSTINI

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

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@AndresAgostini

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 21, 2014)

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: Does Lockheed Martin Really Have a Breakthrough Fusion Machine? http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531836/does-lockheed-ma…n-machine/

FINANCIAL TIMES: IBM shares tumble as profits and sales fall at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/500feb78-584e-11e4-b331-00144feab7de.html

FUTURE OBSERVATORY: Ohio State University Invents All-in-One Solar Cell and Battery http://www.21stcentech.com/ohio-state-university-invents-all…l-battery/

SIX SENSE AND CORRUPTION HAVE NO GENDER. WASHING POST: In Japan, two female ministers quit, dealing a blow to Abe and ‘womenomics’ http://lnkd.in/dfKzwU8

YAHOO NEWS: Blow to Japan PM as minister resigns over money scandal http://news.yahoo.com/japan-industry-minister-resigns-over-s…26427.html

BBC: Japan ministers Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima quit. Ms Obuchi is alleged to have misused funds from her political support groups and other donations. http://lnkd.in/dH36hvk

FINANCIAL TIMES: Can Europe wean itself off Russian gas? Analysis: http://on.ft.com/1uhyFW0

LINKEDIN: Do Not Underrated Centric Jobs! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141020224543&#…ntric-jobs

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Brazil’s Rousseff Admits There Was Wrongdoing at Petrobras http://lnkd.in/dm3JgbZ

FORBES: Petrobras Puts Brazil President Dilma In Hot Seat http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2014/03/23/petrobras-p…-hot-seat/

RT: Google ‘beats Goldman Sachs’ in political campaign donations http://rt.com/usa/197104-google-usa-political-campaign/

Dilma Rousseff Responds To Brazil Protests, Vows To Battle Corruption http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/22/dilma-rousseff-braz…83069.html

BBC Breaking News: Christophe de Margerie, head of oil company Total, dies in air crash in Moscow http://bbc.in/120dDEQ

WORRY FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE WEST, STUPID. BLOOMBERG: China Growth May Slow Sharply From 2020: Conference Board http://lnkd.in/dadDfch

TECH CRUNCH: Europe’s Sign2Pay launches to simplify mobile debit payments and oil the wheels of m-commerce http://tcrn.ch/1omv5gV

MOSCOW TIMES: The Truth About That ‘Russian’ Submarine Near Stockholm http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/the-truth-about-t…09721.html

DER SPIEGEL: Berlin and Paris Undermine Euro Stability http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/euro-stability-th…97995.html

YAHOO NEWS: German minister: EU should consider Ebola mission http://lnkd.in/dkNUehu

MONEY: 3 reasons why IBM’s stock is in serious trouble http://money.us/1r0HxhU

NEW YORK MAGAZINE: Scientists Also Lying About Ebola, Explains George F. Will http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/george-will-sci…ebola.html

REUTERS: China-backed hackers may have infiltrated Apple’s iCloud: blog http://reut.rs/1oodYLQ

LINKEDIN: Road Drone #1 and Leonardo http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141021024138-344…d-leonardo