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China’s Firewall
Great Firewall of China lets you input any website and see if it is blocked in China or not. Interestingly enough – Barnett’s site is blocked but for whatever reason his blog is not. GG’s is not. (Nor is this site.) Update: … Continue reading
Broken Online Job Market
Ben goes after the online job market. He’s mostly right. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
On GRIN Technologies
Kevin Kelly – I don’t worry about most new inventions, but there are four technologies I think are worth worrying about. These are the emerging technologies of geno-, robo-, info-, nano- stuff. The common element among the techniques of GRIN … Continue reading
Walling Off Bangladesh
Times – India is accelerating the construction of a 2,500-mile fence to seal its border with Bangladesh amid growing fears that its Muslim neighbour could become “a new Afghanistan”. One group said to have links with the government claimed responsibility … Continue reading
On Government Innovation
David Foster from the Chicago Boyz – outlines the systemic failures of an attempt at new ID card system – Obviously, budgetary constraints are real, and normative regulations must exist and must be followed. And “interest” is a factor in a democracy, … Continue reading