segunda-feira, 26 de março de 2018

Julian Simon

How Julian Simon and Dionysius Lardner Proved the Doomsday Alarmists Wrong

How Julian Simon and Dionysius Lardner Proved the Doomsday Alarmists Wrong

Automatização

Job Automation Should Be Celebrated, Not Feared

Job Automation Should Be Celebrated, Not Feared

 - March 25, 2018

Anarco-capitalismo


Even if one agrees that anarcho-capitalism has become a necessity, the question arises whether such a governance is possible. After all, at first sight, insurmountable problems seem to prevent the flourishing of a stateless society. Libertarianism means a private…
mises.ca

Inovações perigosas

https://fee.org/articles/how-many-inventions-of-the-past-would-be-declared-too-dangerous-to-make-today/

How Many Inventions of the Past Would Be Declared “Too Dangerous” to Make Today?

Duas justiças


domingo, 25 de março de 2018

Cozinha robôtica

No tópico da automação... confesso que confio mais num humano para preparar um arroz de cabidela ou umas tripas ou uma francesinha do que um robot que aprendeu com um "chefe"... ainda sai a versão nouvelle cuisine e morro de fome...


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Step into a fully robotic kitchen
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Bem-esta subjetivo

“In recent years the study of subjective well-being has grown exponentially. Academic articles and chapters on the topic have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This academic interest in happiness has coincided, to some degree, with the advent of the modern positive psychology movement (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Subjective well-being has also experienced an uptick in academic attention as it is increasingly legitimized as a field of study in a broad r...
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So-called “small societies” such as Amish communities and traditional tribal groups offer a unique opportunity to chart the conceptual territory of subjective well-being (SWB). First, these groups offer an alternative to standard cross-national comparisons that are so common in happiness researc...
nobascholar.com

Chávez

A situação atual da Venezuela começou lá atrás, com o caudilho que os ingênuos achavam que era de esquerda e se tratava de um fascista notório, um êmulo de Mussolini, um repetidor de Hitler, um Stalin tropical...

Acabo de receber, para ler e resenhar. Já verificando as fontes (o que faço em primeiro lugar), e o sumário, a organização, e percorrend...
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Renda básica mínima

Leis universais


América sem cabeza

“Kurt Andersen’s cover story “How America Lost Its Mind” argues that “being American means we can believe anything we want.” This is due to a combination of the new-age mentality born out of the 1960s that encouraged Americans to find their own truth and the internet age, which has allowed us to create communities that reinforce our beliefs. According to Andersen, the perfect manifestation of America’s journey away from reality is the election of Donald Trump.”

Kurt Andersen’s cover story “How America Lost Its Mind”…
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Cristianismo

Crítica padrão da tecnologia



http://kathrin.passig.de/…/standardsituationen_der_technolo…

Kathrin Passig - Standardsituationen der Technologiekritik
Standardsituationen der Technologiekritik (Merkur, Heft 727, Dezember 2009) Der Anthropologe Brent Berlin und der Linguist Paul Kay beschrieben 1969 in einer Studie über die Farbbezeichnungen unterschiedlicher Kulturen die immer gleiche Abfolge der beobachteten Entwicklungsstufen. Kulturen mit nur ...
kathrin.passig.de
http://kathrin.passig.de/texte/standardsituationen_der_technologiekritik.html


sábado, 24 de março de 2018

Procrastinação

'Curiosity': The 2-Minute Rule to Help You Stop Procrastinating

This rule can help you beat procrastination and become more productive- in just two minutes.
weforum.org