Punctuated equilibrium: that’s the notion that long stretches of routine activity that are randomly interrupted with massive game-changing events. Think asteroids crashing into the Yucatan peninsula 65 mm years ago. Or, Lincoln assassinated by Booth. Or, cooling systems on the International Space Station (ISS) failing.
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Free-Market ideology holds that the solution to every problem in the social, economic, and political spheres is to allow markets unfettered reign so that they can solve all problems in their natural course. Including slavery, which is not nearly as efficient as “remote workforces.”
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The International Space Station (ISS) is now nearly complete, and it can be surprising just how many compartments it has, and yet at the same time how crowded it can feel. The age when people begin to live and work in space is here...
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“Even if migrant workers still do not know the specific details of each of their legal rights, far more came to realize that they have rights and there are...
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The next time you hear someone bemoan how President Obama is destroying the American Way Of Life by nationalizing the healthcare, banking, and auto industries ( AS IF! ),...
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Could it be that Chinese workers are getting wise to the way that transnational corporations have been abusing them for decades?
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And you thought the need for antivirus protection was limited your computer. Not anymore! It seems that Mark Gasson of the University of Reading has demonstrated that it’s possible...
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Today was May Day 2010, and there were multiple Immigrant Rights marches scheduled in New York City.
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In the hands of a master craftsperson, this nail gun is a beautiful thing.
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