"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out"

CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
No. 08–205. Argued March 24, 2009—Reargued September 9, 2009––Decided January 21, 2010
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf


Note: the title is a quote from Robert Grave's I, Claudius.

The implementation of the Copenhagen Accord will be reviewed by 2015.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louXPUW7tHU&feature=related

Petards anyone?

Hyperbolic Discounting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_discounting


As long as I am at it...
List of Cognitive Biases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
List of Fallacies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
List of Memory Biases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_memory_biases


Interesting site re rational argument:
http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/resources/a-code-of-conduct-for-effective-rational-discussion/

An Conversation with Phillip Glass

A conversation with Phillip Glass. Much of it about creativity, and his wonderful opera "Akhnaten". Courtesy of Emory University.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeSHhORIJAE

L5 Society Newsletter Archive

The archive of the newsletter of the Late L5 Society
http://www.nss.org/settlement/L5news/index.html

Space Resources/Space Settlements (1979) - papers

http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceres/toc.html

U.S. Human Space Flight Report

Report of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/396093main_HSF_Cmte_FinalReport.pdf

1491, the Original Atlantic Article

Put here for personal "storage".

Link to the original article from 2002 Atlantic Magazine that was expanded by its author, Charles Mann to the book 1491.
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Chumash/Population.html

We are as gods and have to get good at it

"The shift that has happened in 40 years which mainly has to do with climate change. Forty years ago, I could say in the Whole Earth Catalog, "we are as gods, we might as well get good at it". Photographs of earth from space had that god-like perspective. What I'm saying now is we are as gods and have to get good at it."
The August 2009 Edge Interview: Stewart Brand 

Ghost Repeater

Ran into this artist awhile back. From his CD The title song, Ghost repeater:

"...And the girl I loved once
Came to me last night
In a dream with a secret to tell
She whispered close
Can’t you hear the ocean?
As she leaned her ear
Against a shotgun shell"

Good writin'

Rageboy Interview

The Three Moments 2009 Interview with Christopher Locke

Space & Solar Baseline Power: Days of Future Past

With Stewart Brand's new book, "Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto" coming out in October 2009, and being it mentions orbital solar power stations, thought i would post some "1970's" stuff.
This takes me back i tell you. Anyway, the neat thing about solar power stations in orbit is primarily it gets around the "baseline problem" of solar power on a planet where its inhabitants created an electrical power grid that is also the "storage" of the power. Of course, the efficiencies are higher also, etc.

Here is an archival site from the heady days before the U.S. Shuttle was built, dooming us to (with the exception of the Hubble), watching cute tricks in Short Attention Span Theatre.* Those of you into ecological design, sustainability, etc. will find it to be a nice idea generator/cook book also.
Solar power satellite is scattered around it.

The keeper of the flame on this for the last few decades, is here, Al Globus

Here is an introductory section on orbital solar power stations.

* This comment is in no way meant to denigrate the lives and memories the brave folk from our species who have crewed that kludge.