New archeological findings of ancient axes in Africa provide a lesson in how we think about progress and cultural evolution
Beyond the Beyond
Bruce Sterling’s blog for Wired
P2P Foundation
A meeting place for people who think that “technology reflects a change of consciousness towards participation”
“Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know.”
—M. King Hubbert, peak oil prophet
In striving for the simple life, how far should we go?
Life among the Amish or the “Minimites” can help us all figure out when technology has gone too far
Read: “Rethinking Clean Energy Innovation”
New York Times’ blog post on open innovation for solving big problems
Read: “Far North”
an “eco-fi” novel by Marcel Theroux
What made the market crash? Or a psycho murder?
We shouldn’t jump to find an immediate cause for the ups and downs and calamities that befall us, argues one trader
“Relative to the risks of coal mining and oil exploration, the downsides of offshore wind turbines seem minor.”
—USA Today editorial on approval of the Cape Wind offshore wind farm
Working with water
Nations threatened by sea level rise are starting to look at how they can work with nature to defend their coastlines.
