by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 29, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
This TED Talk is tame, but foreboding. It tells of companies that sell technology to governments — some and potentially all that use it not merely for law enforcement (terrorism, child predators, etc.) but to spy on citizens at will, monitoring even the...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 28, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, May 8, 2014} “Technology always runs ahead of the law. It’s the job of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to make politicians’ lives difficult.” I’ve tried to make that point to students...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 26, 2014 | Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
I’ve decided to promote the a new concept, one that will change the world forever. In fact, it’s so advanced, it has no specific web address — it transcends the Internet itself. I’m calling it, “Real Life”. It’s the biggest...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 21, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, January 24, 2013} The growing disparity between Colorado’s whites and nonwhites in virtually every important statistic of social well-being is a national disgrace. As the recent I-News series “Losing Ground” documents (full...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 17, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Now that the media has decided to focus itself on tension in Palestine again, the tread-worn narratives about land rights and fantastical histories of who shot first have infiltrated social media for yet another volley in the battle for minds and support. When I look...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 14, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, December 13, 2012} “Stop cuts to Social Security!” So says my inbox, courtesy of AARP Colorado. I’m an AARP member, but after reading the message from start to finish, I can draw only one conclusion. AARP stands for the...