eric | Shared With: Everyone - May 31 2007 | science, government, writers, science fiction, Greg Bear, Department of Homeland Security, thepugetnews
I went and saw Greg Bear speak a month or two ago. He spoke about his advisor role at Homeland Security. I think it's a pretty great idea to have a group of able-minded science fiction writers thinking through possible disaster scenarios and how we can avert or at least respond to them.
Quoted: Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described deviant thinkers: science-fiction writers.
- eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 20 2006 | microsoft, search, internet, Google, Yahoo, China, human rights, government, freedom of expression, international law, law, Amnesty International
Quoted: Google, Microsoft and Yahoo stand accused of putting corporate interests above the human rights of the Chinese people. The allegations come in an analysis of the three firms' business practices in China, issued by the human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
- eric | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 30 2005 | nukes, government, news
This is more than a little bit frightening. 600 pounds!
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