Will multinational corporations someday end up owning all our land?
Hundreds of years ago, European colonists took possession of much of the surface of our planet through unsubtle means: murder, subjugation, and their special move, bringing horrific new diseases. Nowadays, the wealthy and powerful expand their domains less confrontationally, but the effects can still be pretty harmful. Interests in rich countries — mainly multinational corporations…
Obama Takes Requests for Spotify Playlist; Romney to Follow Suit?
President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governer Mitt Romney will go head to head in the 2012 presidential election, as you’re probably all too aware, given that this campaign already feels like it’s been going on for five years. The two contenders also doing battle as DJs on the fields of Spotify. No, we are…
Privacy-Killing CISPA Bill Passes House
CISPA, a terrible bill that would let websites hand over your personal data to the government with little oversight, just passed the U.S. House of Representatives. That’s not good. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-cispa-5905360 Although the vote was scheduled for tomorrow, in something of a surprise, it took place today, and passed the House 248-168. The bill is still…
Optimistic Visions of the World After the Oil Runs Out
Our whole economy and way of life is based on the idea of cheap petroleum. So what happens when the oil starts to run out? Most scenarios assume that it will be catastrophic — rioting in the streets, governments collapsing, Mel Gibson fighting guys with big mohawks. But what are the optimistic scenarios for a…