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In capitalism’s defence.

By: psr, 2008-06-25

There are plenty of anti-capitalism opinions reflected in print, the media and on the Internet. When I read such material, I feel the need to reply in the form of an article in this blog, but I can rarely find the time.

Recently, however, I came across another such article in the blog of a friend of mine (the English text is a Google translation from the Spanish original), which has motivated me to write back.

The above-linked article presents capitalism as the source of corruption, slavery, drug trafficking, real state speculation, and several more calamities and misfortunes. It also describes capitalism as a system consisting of robbery, oppression of people, exploitation of workers, all for the benefit of just a few people (the capitalists). It even …

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2008-06-25 | Rights - Economy - World - General | Trackback | 1 Comment »

The Truth About CO2

By: psr, 2008-06-19

Rarely can one find mainstream media publishing data and information about the so called climate change when such data downplays the role of CO2, or contradicts the official discourse about its origins and its effects on climate.

My theory is that there are enough vested interests which need governments to promote the belief that human activity produces changes on Earth’s global climate.

However, there are other sources of information more robust and reliable, which often dismantle many of the catastrophic news broadcast by newspapers, television, cinema and radio, and throws much light on the stale topic. One example is the excellent spanish-language blog “co2” by Anton Uriarte (it is also linked from this page’s ‘blogroll’). For non-spanish speakers, another great resource for global climate information is Roy …

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2008-06-19 | World | Trackback | No Comments »

Privacy: awareness better than technology

By: psr, 2008-04-02

This week I am at the Bled “Future of the Internet” conference, where the European Commission tries to coordinate efforts among the research projects they fund with the goal of positioning Europe as a leader in the definition and research of the Future Internet (or “Internet of the Future”, or whichever name people want to call it).

There was a good opening speech by Dr. Žiga Turk, Slovenian Minister of Growth, relating future developments in the Internet to past developments in human communication technologies. The message was clear and true, and I think it most importantly highlights that such developments take place with little planning. For this reason, I believe that specific efforts to develop a Future Internet are superfluous and most likely inefficient. The …

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