Technology – Kruse Kronicle

Recycle Or Not? The Need To Test Good Intentions

Mar 1, 2017

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in Economics, Environment, Public Policy, Technology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

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…

Confronting Liberal and Conservative Biases on Science

Apr 20, 2016

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mwkruse

in Environment, Public Policy, Science, Technology, Technology (Energy)

New York Times reporter Eduardo Porter has an excellent piece about how ideology shapes our embrace/rejection of science. The left loves to rant about the "anti-science" right when the left participates just as much in the same anti-science behavior, and the left's anti-science behavior is every bit as destructive. "The left is turning anti-science," Marc…

‘Great Decoupling’ of Wages and Productivity Driven by New Technology

Jun 1, 2015

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Economics, Technology, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income

Huffington Post: 'Great Decoupling' of Wages and Productivity Driven by New Technology Interesting chart.

24 Books That Forecasted The Future

Jul 31, 2014

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mwkruse

in Books, Culture, History, Technology

Business Insider: 24 Books That Forecasted The Future

Why the West Progressed in Ways No One Else Had

May 29, 2014

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Europe, Great Divergence, History, Human Progress, Religion, Technology

I just read Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages by Frances & Joseph Gies. The book focuses on technological development during the 1,000 years from 500-1500 C.E. The Middle Ages was once cast as an age of regression from the golden age of Greece and Rome until the Renaissance and…

Science and Technology Links

May 11, 2014

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in Culture, Education, Environment, Health and Medicine, Links – Science and Technology, Science, Sociology, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1.The Drinkable Book – Water is Life. An innovative approach to create more drinkable water. 2. TED: Are insects the future of food?: Megan Miller at TEDxManhattan 3. Eco-Business: In future, clothes could be made from sugar Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have discovered a new chemical process that can convert adipic…

Limits to Growth: Still Wrong, Still Influential – Bjorn Lomborg

Feb 25, 2014

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in Capitalism and Markets, Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Human Progress, Technology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

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…

50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History

Feb 21, 2014

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in Crime, Demography, Education, Environment, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Huff Post Business (The Motley Fool): 50 Reasons We're Living Through the Greatest Period in World History I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from…