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John, I was waiting to hear what Generational Dynamics had to say about this week's news. I got a kick out of this newsflash (although the comic punch is somewhat less when one considers the reigning Nobel laureate in this category): MARKETWATCH FIRST TAKE Oct. 12, 2009, 8:47 a.m. EDT Obama fails to...

For those interested here's latest from Roubini: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90227fdc-900d-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.html The risk of a double-dip recession is rising By Nouriel Roubini Published: August 23 2009 18:55 | Last updated: August 23 2009 18:55 T he global economy is starting to bottom out from...

Speaking of insanity: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69bc7894-3b34-11de-ba91-00144feabdc0.html What a feeling: how emotions may yet save the economy By Chrystia Freeland Published: May 7 2009 20:35 | Last updated: May 7 2009 20:35 An influential Democrat who was also one of the world’s top-ten, highest-p...

John, thank you for compiling all this flu info for us - and thanks to everyone for contributing. I'm starting to miss the good 'ol days when this stuff was all theoretical. A few things that have been mentioned, but I'm still not clear on: Are people who become exposed and recover from the early mi...

Re: 1634. The Great Migration, which brought an influx of about 20,000 new settlers to New England, culminated in the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1634. The expulsion of Roger Williams was followed a few years later by the trial and exile of Anne Hutchinson (in Boston, though...

This is more frightening then the approach of Taliban forces: Pakistan's government is completing two new nuclear reactors to produce plutonium for weapons that would be smaller, lighter and more efficient than the 60-odd highly enriched uranium-fueled warheads that Pakistan is now thought to posses...

This thing is certainly demonstrating generational theory at work. Sure, as readers of this site we're already bracing for the end of the world, but the general reaction has really exposed how jumpy everyone else is. The reactions I get from people is "oh, the media is being so silly, ha ha ha..." b...

Amon, This detail from the Wiki article on the 1918 flu is disturbing: Scientists have used tissue samples from frozen victims to reproduce the virus for study. Given the strain's extreme virulence there has been controversy regarding the wisdom of such research. Among the conclusions of this resear...

ainsleyclare, Thanks for the info. It's nice to know that the Generational Dynamics Illuminati has members in high places to keep us up to date. ;) Any other tips? Should we be walking around with surgical masks? Or is that a bit paranoid at this point? I happened to be at my doctor's today, and he ...

(John, feel free to move this to a more appropriate area) I was never too interested in the singularity stuff (it was just too sci-fi-ey for me). But given all I've witnessed over during the 7-plus years I've been reading this site I've become more curious. Today I came across this article (full art...