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Links for 2nd July 2009
Velcro City Tourist Board —
... shuras, or local councils of leaders, to talk and try to "legitimize" what they have done, the official said." As John Robb points out, that's how to run an efficient military machine; outsource to skint locals. Instead of hearts and minds, maybe the US military should be aiming for their wallets.
Tagged with: war • insurgency • terrorism • networks • monetize • outsource •
Promises of immortality
"Even if such treatment eventually becomes available on ...
The regeneration game
Futurismic —
... Another step towards transhuman immortality, perhaps? It’s fun seeing such science fictional subjects in ‘regular’ news venues, if only to watch journalists asking the sort of questions science fiction has always hinged on – like Khaled Diab at The Guardian, for example, trying to imagine what the world would be like if Aubrey De Grey is right about the immortality singularity: ...
