Some news are still worth to remember even when it goes old.
I don’t buy into the hype of 3D TV or 3D movies. 3D TV is just a fad that comes and goes. It happens before and history will repeat itself. Forget about the lame 3D TV. Holographic TV is the real holy grail of next generation TV technology.
Continue reading Researchers say eye strain a concern as 3-D TVs debut
As a philosopher wanna-be, I always wonders why privacy seems to be good in the first place. Wouldn’t a total transparent society that everyone knows everything about everyone else at anytime minimize the transaction cost? So far my idea is just a hypothesis without any supportive argument. I need to learn a lot more about privacy theories to work out some thought experiments to test the total transparent society hypothesis.
Promotion often directly link to immediate and future monetary reward. If employee perceive unfair when a under performer gets more money than he deserved, it would be even worse if the under performer is promoted.
The cap-and-dividend plan to control carbon emission and fight global warming seems to be the best and fairest among all approaches. Auction off the thing in conflict to the highest bidder, then divide the earning among all citizens. It would be even better if we can extend the cap-and-dividend approach to solve all other social conflicts.
Continue reading Maria Cantwell and the politics of global warming
Total return swap is really neat concept. I guess except 6% return for your investment is just unrealistic. If the real return rate of investment after risk is so disappointing, is there any way to get out of the rat race described in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Are we doomed to run in the rat race?
Continue reading What are we smoking, and when will we stop?