Category: Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))
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Recycle Or Not? The Need To Test Good Intentions
This article from October 2015, asks, Are We Recycling Too Much? Our study made the first known attempt to combine these various costs and benefits into one analysis to estimate what recycling rate is best. Our conclusion was that recycling up to 10% appears to reduce social costs, but any recycling over 10% costs the…
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GDP Decoupling from Energy and Resource Use
Harvard Business Review: Stuff: When Less Is More One of the most persistent economic misconceptions I see is the presumed fixed relationship between a unit of GDP and the energy/resources consumed in the process. This false relationship is projected into the future to show that growth is leading to total collapse in the near future.…
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Economics Links
1. Huffington Post: Financially Speaking — Are We an Illiterate Nation? … Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy released its '2013 National Report Card,' which quantifies what states are doing to promote financial literacy in the classroom. Only seven of 50 states surveyed came away from the study with an "A" rating. That's right, a…
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Science and Technology Links
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in Culture, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))1. PBS: Five Cook Stoves Used Around the World 2. Upworthy: It Used To Take Up 40% Of Their Daily Expenses. Then They Found A New Way To Cook. 3. Viral Forest: This is the Pallet Emergency Home. It Can Be Built in One Day With Only Basic Tools. … Developed by the creative folks…
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Limits to Growth: Still Wrong, Still Influential – Bjorn Lomborg
Below is a presentation by Bjorn Lomborg at Creative Innovation 2013: Asia Pacific. I think this is a remarkable presentation. First, a few remarks. How much can the global economy grow? That is a big issue in economics and environmentalism. Clearly, the earth has a fixed quantity of resources. If the economy grows exponentially, then…
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Science and Technology Links
1. The Atlantic: What Americans Don't Know About Science On a recent survey, just 74 percent of Americans said that the Earth revolves around the sun. … … As you'll see, in the words of the report, "many Americans provide multiple incorrect answers to basic questions about scientific facts." Then again, "residents of other countries, including highly…
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Are The Machines About To Replace Us?
In short, no. Erik Brynjolfsson of MIT explains why? Interesting thoughts. ("The key to growth? Race with the machines")