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The Revolutions Continue

The Seven Futures project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, DC, offers its Seven Revolutions report. The study looks at how factors such as population, technology, and governance will ...READ»

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The Top 5 Cities for Green Jobs

Looking for a green job and have the freedom to relocate? You might want to think strategically about where you move. According to the Center for American Progress, these are the top 5 cities for green jobs:1. San Francisco 2. ...READ»

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Obama's Web

Watching a bit of the DNC rules committee’s (a committee wrapped in a committee, like the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie pop) meeting today on CNN, I discovered yet again that the Democratic race is still not over. It seems that, ...READ»

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Global Greening & Meaning: Finland's DEMOS.fi & Sub.fi

I was invited to Helsinki this past November to speak on Lo Carbon Lifestyles and Meaningful Branding trends. The brilliant and fresh young innovators at the think tank DEMOS.fi (the one and only think tank in ...READ»

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Cato Institute Uses Google Maps to Show Botched SWAT Raids

The Cato Institute has put together something it calls a Raid Map, using Google Maps to show all the paramilitary raids done by government agencies that haven't quite worked out the way they should have. Or, as the Cato Institute puts ...READ»

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Google Grabs State Dept. Star Jared Cohen for Foreign Policy "Think/Do Tank"

The youngest ever member of the Policy Planning staff showed the State Department how to use technology for diplomacy. Now Cohen's going to see if some of the thorniest foreign policy issues can be tackled from the private sector.READ»

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Schools Cram for Tests, Not the Future: Study

Meant as a reality check on test-driven measures like No Child Left Behind, a new report examines how forward-looking states are when it comes to education. The result: We're all mostly, C and D students.READ»

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Peak Oil Provocateur Matthew Simmons Passes Away

Matthew Simmons, perhaps peak oil's most unlikely advocate, passed away today from a heart attack at age 67. READ»

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CyberCom Is Seeking Real-Time Situational Awareness to Defend Military Network Attacks

U.S. Cyber Command, a subdivision of U.S. Strategic Command launched last month to help shield the Defense Department against cyberattacks, has a big job in the months ahead. The command has to protect the entirety of the ...READ»

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Next-Gen Obamas: Apply Here

DMI Scholars: Supporting Young Activists for ChangeREAD»

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Free-Agent FAQs

Here's a brief look at some tidbits behind the concept of free agency.READ»

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The Top 10 Global Warming Skeptics

What do Northern Ireland's environmental minister, the president of the Czech Republic, and Sarah Palin all have in common? They're climate crisis deniers, of course! In the spirit of the Heartland Institute's 2009 ...READ»

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The Trillion-Dollar Vision of Dee Hock

The corporate radical who organized Visa wants to dis-organize your company.READ»

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Our Man in Cannes: On the Ground at the International Advertising Festival

This week's expert designer brings us the winners, the losers, and, most importantly, the parties from the annual Cannes Lions awards.READ»

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What Is Security?

And who provides it? According to BENS -- Business Executives for National Security -- national security is everybody's business.READ»

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Thinking Out Loud

Blogger Liam Page brings up an interesting point on his weblog, Little Think Tank. Explaining his rationale for creating his blog, Page says: "Sometimes, thinking needs to be externalised, ideas need to be said out loud to see how ...READ»

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Cannes, Day Two: Digital Finally Gets Some Respect

At a festival built on traditional advertising, interactive finally gets invited to the party.READ»

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"Shop Class as Soulcraft": A Book That Revels in Alternative Thinking for Designers

A new book that talks about the intellectualism of craftsmanship offers some insight into how designers solve problems.READ»

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U.S. Recruiting Cyber Patriots to Defend the Interwebs

Don't panic, residents of the U.S. of A., your interWeb is safe: Soon 10,000 young cyber warriors will be bravely donning their unifo... uh, T-shirts, and clambering into their cockpi... uh, desks, ready to defend your networks from ...READ»

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America Gets Earnest With Social Change Theme at Venice Architecture Biennale

A preview of some of the projects which will be featured at the Biennale's American pavilion this summer.READ»