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… and will damage America’s interests: exciting new ventures like nanosats will simply move to countries from which they can be launched with greater ease. Back to top Nanosatellites: Nanosats are go! The Economist ALTHOUGH widely used, satellites are expensive to build and to...

…day in Nature Physics, is that spatial networks are necessarily dependent on any number of critical nodes whose failure can lead to abrupt — and unpredictable — collapse1. The electric grid, which operates as a series of networks that are defined by geography, is a prime example...

…ld businesses to remove “all foods, tinctures and capsules’ containing CBD from their shelves; however, business owners can still sell “CBD products that can be smoked, vaped, worn as a patch or applied asa lotion, and all medical marijuana patients can still buy oral CBDs from l...

…be a fully-escaped McGuyver system making pipe- bombs from our cars; even existing technology tools when salted with AI can be slipped into an accidental gear - particularly when they begin interacting with one another. Such AI weapons systems will be trained to operate and move...

… contracts, confidential rebates and fees that would be considered illegal kickbacks in many other industries. IV bags can function like cheap milk and eggs in a high-priced grocery store, or like the one-cent cellphone locked into an expensive service contract. They serve as lo...

…, startups and university departments, sometimes with finance raised on crowdfunding websites. Their construction costs can be down in the tens of thousands of dollars, which makes them thousands of times cheaper than today’s big satellites. Admittedly, there is much they cannot...

… 7) Preferable alternative to a male condom, according to males = Men don’t have to wear it = Not tight/restricting = Can be inserted in advance of sexual activity Three times stronger than latex, Can be used by people who are latex sensitive, or allergic Can hold both water...

…Rumsfeld and the assistant was Dick Cheney. And that was the first real intrusion of the Rumsfeld-Cheney team into American politics. And they became the real heart of what I consider the Deep State in the 1980s when they were planning for Continuity of Government which was a pla...

… is in the interest of higher per-hour productivity. If you are a micromanaging entrepreneur, realize that even if you can do something better than the rest of the world, it doesn’t mean that’s what you should be doing if it’s part of the minutiae. Empower others to act without...

… that they may not know as much as they think they know. All these people assume that whatever they do is the best that can be done. When a child learns to walk, you cannot say you were very good at teaching her to walk. She would have learned to walk without your help, most lik...

…s during my PUA adventures when I learned about incidents and strategies that blatantly sound like rape. This is a huge can of worms, and I discussed it at great length in my book. For now I will only note that there is an entire PUA area of inquiry called "Last Minute Resistance...

52 Teaching Minds form a judgment, and later they may get to see whether their judg- ment is correct. When asked, they can tell you clear reasons (typically post hoc justifications) as to why they decided the way they did. The wine expert can say reasons as well, but the evidenc...

CHAPTER 12 Fugitive If I end up in chains in Guantaénamo, I can live with that. —EDWARD SNOWDEN, Hong Kong, 2013 URING HIS INTERVIEWS with Poitras and Greenwald in June, Snowden said stoically, “If I am arrested, I am arrested.” His fatalistic words notwithstanding, Snowden ha...

…ood news: Although time is growing short, we still have the capacity to create positive outcomes. Even though USA Inc. can print money and raise taxes, USA Inc. cannot sustain its financial imbalance indefinitely — especially as the Baby Boomer generation nears retirement age. N...

198 Teaching Minds acclaimed by one and all to be brilliant, and many brilliant people think that if you can’t understand what they are thinking about, then it is your fault not theirs. They are talking about complex issues that interest them, and you should be able to follow al...