Surfing the WWC (The Worldwide Wine Club)

Aug 22, 10 Surfing the WWC (The Worldwide Wine Club)

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What happens when a wine club is anything but exclusive “I’d never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.”Groucho Marx Recently, I got a cold call at the office from a wine club I recently had joined (mostly for research, actually). The club had a hot deal, what the caller said was a great...

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Greenberg on the same stage as Kurzweil, hah. H+ Summit: Rise of the Citizen-Scientist

Aug 12, 10 Greenberg on the same stage as Kurzweil, hah. H+ Summit: Rise of the Citizen-Scientist

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Everything I write is about trust, because everything we humans do, even if we do it with machines, in based on a foundation of trust. At the most basic level, we need to trust our data, our information, and our knowledge, and in a world filled with people who will say or do anything to get money or power, whether through business...

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Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era

Aug 12, 10 Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era

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Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era Abstract of Tony Greenberg / Eric Pulier/ Alex Veytsel  June 12/13  at Harvard speaking at Humanity+ Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era Innovation, including transhumanist innovation, is mostly the domain of private enterprise, which operates in one of a few market...

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Truth And Bias Are Mutually Exclusive?

Aug 12, 10 Truth And Bias Are Mutually Exclusive?

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Overheard in my email box, by a journalist/media dude that chose to not be identified. How strange I thought, but it struck me as something I wanted you to hear. “I have found that truth and bias are often mutually exclusive. Can you cover global warming with a facade of no bias.ie treat a nut-bird like James Inhoffe with...

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The Google/Verizon Walled Garden Plan: No Substantive Impact on Net Neutrality

Aug 10, 10 The Google/Verizon Walled Garden Plan: No Substantive Impact on Net Neutrality

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By Alex Veytsel and Tony Greenberg In the hubbub over the Google and Verizon new net neutrality plan, a couple of things stand out: 1) There is no actual deal, just a proposed compromise that no one actually likes 2) Everyone seems to be confused about the new, private Internet While more viable than its critics suppose,...

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