Europe: Will the Euro crisis deal a fatal blow to the EU?
The Euro crisis is putting the very survival of the European Union at risk. Greece and Ireland debt problems were the first one to emerge, but now it is the turn of Italy and Spain to clean up their balance sheets. The two healthier economies of the union, Germany and France are now considering some […]
October 15: Unite for Global Change!
Our people’s democracy movement is about to get three mighty boosts: On October 6, a few thousand of us will swarm the capital and #OCCUPYDC. Find out the plan at october2011.org On October 15th, the movement goes global … check it out at 15october.net On October 15th people from all over the world will take […]
Our New Allies, the Jihadists
By Anthony Zeitouni The recent raid on the Israeli embassy in Cairo is a serious and dangerous incident and cannot be described as an act of recklessness by a few young protesters. It sets a precedent, and is a bad omen for the future of Egypt. The protesters who stormed Tahrir Square and other public […]
Runaway Algorithms
Feature image from Techpil.com By Ron Steinman Recently, Spain, a member of the European Union that has strict privacy laws, told Google to stop cataloging information about 90 of its citizens who filed complaints against the search engine giant. These 90 people are suing Google for what they call an invasion of privacy. Why is […]
Will we Have a Global Paradigm Shift away from Obsolete Ideologies?
Philosopher Thomas Kuhn gave paradigm its modern definition in reference to the set of principles and practices that define a scientific discipline at a particular period. In his seminal book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, Kuhn introduced the notion that most significant scientific progresses are made by quantum leaps, which he called paradigm shifts. In […]
