Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Entropy
The problems have to be solved over and over again are entirely the results of an inability of the mix-skilled to plan and organize, to go about solving problems with rigor and making sure that the methods are repeatable, the results are sustainable and the decision making process is accountable. Solutions would often end up compromised due to the same disparity in skill and mindset. And that by solving the many variations of these problems, where does it lead one to?
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
January 13, 2015
Can't recall exactly the last time that I was so sick that I couldn't get out of bed. It must have been back in China when I was a kid. I got so ill in the middle of the night that my grand parents had to carry me to the hospital. I woke up the next day with an IV drip. Few days later my teacher and the whole class visited. Memories, miss them. Sickness, not so much. Unfortunately getting sick as a kid is how I often found myself.
After coming to the U.S., I hardly get sick at all. I still remember the shock the first time I got a mild cold in the U.S. It was a few years after I settled in. I thought to myself at the time that with the built up immune system from my childhood, minor sickness should be impossible in this cleaner environment. Still, the count slowly went up over the years. I manage to keep track with my hands of all those times that I got sick since I came here, but I may soon have to start using my toes.
After coming to the U.S., I hardly get sick at all. I still remember the shock the first time I got a mild cold in the U.S. It was a few years after I settled in. I thought to myself at the time that with the built up immune system from my childhood, minor sickness should be impossible in this cleaner environment. Still, the count slowly went up over the years. I manage to keep track with my hands of all those times that I got sick since I came here, but I may soon have to start using my toes.
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Techno-feudalism
Some overdue posts.
Techno-feudalism
"Technology itself does not dictate the outcomes. Economic and political institutions do."
"The major part of [the] book... was devoted to descriptions of the economic and social institutions that enable some countries to operate near the technological frontier. The failure to establish such institutions, or to operate them effectively, condemns most of the world to levels of productivity and living standards far below what is possible with existing knowledge and techniques."
Techno-feudalism
"Technology itself does not dictate the outcomes. Economic and political institutions do."
"The major part of [the] book... was devoted to descriptions of the economic and social institutions that enable some countries to operate near the technological frontier. The failure to establish such institutions, or to operate them effectively, condemns most of the world to levels of productivity and living standards far below what is possible with existing knowledge and techniques."
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