N.Korean trade in rare decline
North Korea’s international trade dropped last year for the first time in more than a decade after the state was hit by UN sanctions to punish it for a nuclear test in May, a South Korean think tank said. The report by the state-run Korea Development Institute (KDI) made available Wednesday said the largest impact came from a sharp decline in trade with China, the North’s biggest benefactor that …
Pennsylvania kicker will compete for starting job at NDSU
At the advice of a former high school teammate, Adam Keller of Dover, Pa., went to a kicking camp in Whitewater, Wis. – and ultimately ended up getting a scholarship offer from North Dakota State.
Complete video at: fora.tv Is democracy less conducive to long-term thinking as compared to other forms of government, such as monarchy? Alexander Rose, Executive Director of The Long Now Foundation, says yes. He describes democracy as a “churning system” that has inherent limits when trying to adequately plan for problems in the distant future. —– Long Finance is an initiative begun in 2007 to establish a World Centre Of Thinking On Long-Term Finance. The initiative began with a question – “When would we know our financial system is working?” – which challenges a system that can’t provide today’s 20-year-olds with a reliable financial retirement structure. The aim of the Long Finance Institute is “to improve society’s understanding and use of finance over the long-term.” The research project proposals range from theory versus practice or fiscal versus monetary to sustainability versus robustness. The iconic project for Long Finance is the Eternal Coin, with the objective of starting a global debate about society’s values over the long-term. This is the second event that Gresham College has co-hosted, where learning from the sister Long Now organization and its 10000 Year Clock Project. As the director of the Long Now Foundation, Alexander Rose has facilitated projects such as the 10000 Year Clock with Danny Hillis, the Rosetta Project, Long Bets, Seminars About Long Term Thinking, Long Server and others. Rose shares several design patents on the 10000 Year Clock with …
‘Disaster Strikes Home’ closer to print
The “Disaster Strikes Home” guide to emergency preparedness is now only about $3,000 away from its goal of having enough money to print 10,000 copies.
