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If the original Nike swoosh, on a sheet of paper in a filing cabinet somewhere, disappeared, what would happen to the value of Nike? Or to the way you feel about your sneakers? If the negative of a…

Return Alaska to Russia?

"Corporations continue to control access to materials that are in the library, which is controlling preservation, and it's killing us."

That's the conclusion of a new U.S. government report. But blockchain tech could improve government purchasing, it found.

The great reset needs the circular economy to render all products as services in order to advance the "you'll own nothing and you'll be happy" agenda.

Rule 303 made famous by Harry "Breaker" Morant and Englishman living in Australia at the start of the 20th century who enlisted in the Australian Armed Forces to help the British fight a war with the Boer's in South Africa. British policy to deal with the Boer "commando's" was to tell their men that any Boer found wearing khaki (the British uniform had changed by this time no more Red Coats) could be shot on sight to deter the Boer's from pretending to be British soldiers.Morant and his company while out to avenge the death of a close friend of his by Boer commando's came across a group who they believed had killed Morants friend, some of whom were dressed in the remants of British uniform (just a jacktet top) Morant set up a fireing squad and had the men shot dead with out any hearing. After the peace was declared Morant and two others were brought before a British Military court charged with murder. The Head of the Brisih Army in South Africa sent his aid to the trial and had him commit purjury by denying any order to Kill Boer prisoners had been given. Atone point Morant was asked by the court under what rule or right did he kill the men and he answered that he shot them under rule 303 meaning the the Lee Enfield .303 rifle issued at the time. His meaning being that he shot them beacuse he had the means to do so at hand and that was all the authority he needed.

Is "open" the future of human progress, as this recent book argues? Maybe. To know for sure, we'll need to clearly define it—and the purposes it serves.

Most Americans don’t know of Aleksanr Dugin (often spelled Alexander). I’d never heard of him until I read Gary Lachman’s excellent book Dark Star Rising in 2018. Here’s what I wrote about Dugin ba…

The quality of a well-run synchronous online class can now rival—and in some respects exceed—the quality of the in-person equivalent due to the pandemic-induced network effect amongst students and instructors, John Villasenor writes.

Work will evolve due to tech, urbanization, climate change, and more. So what career should our kids aspire to once out of Space University?

For almost two decades, hackers with Snake have been forcing their way into government networks. Who they work for, though, has always been a matter of pure speculation. But reporters with the German public broadcasters BR and WDR have discovered some clues, and they lead to Russia.

By documenting the steady stream of crypto, NFT, and DAO mishaps on her website Web3 Is Going Great, White is a much-needed watchdog in the world of Web3.

Mark Slapinski OPINION / ANALYSIS Nuclear war, climate catastrophe, contagious disease, meteor collision. All of these are threats to human existence. And the more humanity progresses, the more exi…

A dystopia is a speculative situation where the absolute minority of people habitually experience hope and joy. Embedded in every piece of dystopian fiction is utopian thinking – the speculative co…

When Betty Crocker (not her real name) first started selling cake mixes, all you had to do was add water. They failed. But when they changed the recipe and required users to add oil and an egg, sal…

Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has announced its decision regarding the lone American astronaut on the International Space Station.

Ignore Dmitry Rogozin. Putin is the real decision maker.

Why sales of very basic mobile phones, without apps and internet connection, are increasing.

In February 2021, it began to snow in Austin, Texas, which was unusual, and exciting for some, at least until the power dropped out for millions of people. To many, this came as a shock – how could a state known for its energy production have such widespread, prolonged power outages? To understand the situation,

This is what daylight and darkness look like in most of the United States over the course of a year.

Recently the Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight Savings Time (or DST) permanent by unanimous consent. (and its passage even surprised some Senators) But even though we may gripe twice a year about the sudden time changes, would making DST permanent be a good thing? Back in 2015, Andy W

Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash As the world around me has started to (pre-maturely regain normalcy), I have decided to deal with some of the to-do list items. The more I try to get things don…

How the growth of a billionaire class is the result of policy choices.

More on the debate over whether worker productivity takes a hit at home.

Europe is about to decide whether to make everyone's salaries public, a move that could dramatically narrow the gender pay gap.

American writer Sandra Newman’s novel Julia will tell the dystopian story from the perspective of Winston Smith’s lover