Nurturing reliable, creative, nimble organizations
The dichotomy of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat is still prevalent. In fact it is difficult to walk the hallways of any company and not hear the unspoken assumption of management vs. worker, even as the media increase the volume regarding greed, income inequality and capital vs. worker. But is that the dichotomy that defines a society? And if it is not, how do alternatives impact organizational structure? [...]
Olfactory training of bees has been used to locate mines and weapons of mass destruction. The Hybrid Insect Micro Electromechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) program is aimed at developing technology to provide control over insect locomotion, just as reins are needed for effective control over horse locomotion. [...]
Markets work best when information is freely and universally available. Writing even more obscure laws only raises overhead costs and does little to prevent future shocks. Keep regulation simple and broad and ethical, with a great prejudice for preserving trader assets and minimizing harm inflicted by failure. [...]
States have been going bankrupt since we created them. What does that have to do with the currency or their sovereignty? Stop with the Chicken Little story. And this is not Maya. [...]
Neurons fire much slower than computers do. But brains still work faster than computers, because they are massively parallel in design. Bandyopadhyay and his colleagues are experimenting with molecular technology that mirrors that capability. [...]