New hacking target could be the Census
Apparently it’s online. Not a great idea given all the issues with voting machines etc. Bets it will be compromised? Sheesh. And the census determines the number of state reps Read More …
Searching for a book?
This is a great site to find books – in bookstores, in libraries. https://www.vialibri.net/
Imagining the “Trump in Europe” opera – Buffo
Delightful. AFTER decades of tense relations with China, Richard Nixon in 1972 undertook a pathbreaking visit to the communist country. So historic was the American president’s trip that John Adams Read More …
CRISPR editing hits a (big) snag
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611659/turns-out-crispr-editing-can-also-vandalize-genomes/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2018_07_17&utm_campaign=the_download
Globalised business is a US security issue | Financial Times
Interesting article on how we need to examine global supply chains and unravel some of them. Plus looks at investments. 16% of venture investments in the US were by Chinese Read More …
Harlan Ellison died on June 27th – Fantasy and science fiction
For my money, The Economist has some of the best obituaries out there. Read the last paragraph. “HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I’VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE Read More …
John Lanchester on Economics – London Review of Books
One of the best writers on finance and economics – London Review of Books — Read on www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n13/john-lanchester/after-the-fall
How Adam Smith would fix capitalism | Financial Times
Often misread as a prophet of laissez-faire, the father of modern economics would have radical remedies for the 21st century — Read on www.ft.com/content/6795a1a0-7476-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287 Long but good, as usual from Read More …
The Inuit who found Franklin’s ships
www.economist.com/news/obituary/21740384-inuit-oral-historian-and-finder-sir-john-franklins-lost-ships-was-58-louie-kamookak-died
Fixing the gender pay gap
Sensible solutions will take time and digging down to find the root causes. A thoughtful article from The Economist. www.economist.com/news/britain/21739993-despite-its-flaws-new-obligation-could-spark-change-employment-practices-forcing