For those who have read Joel Bakin’s book and seen his documentary on corporate excesses, his review of Luis Suarez-Villa’s new book, suggests that this is essential reading. My copy is on order! Don GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOCAPITALISM: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORPORATE POWER AND TECHNOLOGICAL DOMINATION, by Luis Suarez-Villa (London: Ashgate, January 2012). Comments: “We [...]
Smart meters may be voluntary in the UK
Smart meters for energy to be voluntary Plans to force households to have energy smart meters installed have been shelved over health and privacy fears. From the UK Telegraph, Feb. 3, 2012 By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent 6:30AM GMT 01 Feb 2012 The Government had promised that every household would have a smart meter by [...]
The Brave New World of Super Wi-Fi
A very interesting site is the Physics arxiv blog that is published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It covers the latest in technology developments. This posting on the roll-out of “Super Wi-Fi” in the US. All based on the mistaken assumption that the only biological effects of microwave exposure are thermal. ‘Super Wi-Fi’ [...]
Mining cell phone user data
From the Physics arXiv Blog: Mobile Phone Data Reveals Human Reproductive Strategies Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:10 PM PST The pattern of calls and texts between humans reveals how women invest more heavily in their main relationship than men; and how this changes as they age Various studies have shown that the frequency of contact [...]





Spinning Climate Change Denial Science
Study Tracks Australian Climate Denial Echo Chamber Back to Think Tank Graham Readfearn 24 January 2012 Excerpt: EVER heard the one about climate scientists being a bunch of rent-seekers just out to chase taxpayers money, or the one where climate change scientists are just part of an elite left-wing conspiracy out to trample on the [...]
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