China’s July Rains Bring The Official Version Of Events Into Question
In a similar fashion to the SARS outbreak of 2003, the flooding in Beijing last July revealed the cracks…
Time As A Natural Resource
Does Beijing submit to the hands of the clock, or does it force them? Is it the passage of…
Paradise Circus – The Destiny of Mei Mei (Part II)
– Thunder Storm – Paradise Circus In China, Mei Mei’s favorite subject was Chinese writing. She loved it so much…
The Paradox of Artificial Life
One may say “the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.” – Einstein Something you won’t often find in…
Patenting the Singularity
“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent…
The End Of Shopping As We Know It
A combination of affordable technologies allows for neighborhood supermarkets to offer a virtual expansion with the offering of a…
When repairs makes your stuff better
Maintenance, repairs and overhaul is a market segment which offers enormous opportunities when we combine it with current technological…
What’s the Fracking Problem?
China has been a net importer of natural gas since 2007. The US Energy Information Administration has published a…
Is a Glorious Past a Trap or a Springboard?
Is a glorious past a trap or a springboard? This is the question Italians should ask themselves as they contemplate…
It’s the education, stupid!
Whether it is a country’s sovereign debt, a corporation’s investment rating or for that matter the rating of a…