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- http://futureimperative.blogspot.com
- Areas of interest:
- Methods of human enhancement -- with an emphasis on accelerated learning and improved creative skills, human augmentation, current events, the global economy
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- Methods of human enhancement -- with an emphasis on accelerated learning and improved creative skills, writing, a degree of inventive skill -- particularly with processes and simple mechanical innovations
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Study Finds Humans Still Evolving, and Rapidly...
The LA Times had this fascinating article on the furious rate of human evolution over the last 40,000 years:
"The pace of human evolution has been increasing at a stunning rate since our ancestors began spreading through Europe, Asia and Africa 40,000 years ago, quickening to 100 times historical levels after agriculture became widespread, according to a study published…
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Posted on December 20th, 2007 at 8:22am —
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Greenland Icecap Collapsing at Accelerating Rate
Relax, it's worse than you think. Much worse.
As this piece in the Guardian notes:
The Greenland ice cap is melting so quickly that it is triggering earthquakes as pieces of ice several cubic kilometres in size break off.
Yes, this is the land-based Greenland icecap, which contains enough water to raise sea levels worldwide by over 20 feet.
Robert Correll, the chairman of the Arctic Clim…
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Posted on September 11th, 2007 at 11:07pm —
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