Summary of summary on Jeb Bush’s immigration book: a firestorm he set off. Here’s the gist: (1) more
work-based legal immigration to promote meritocracy and reduce luck factor, (2)
more power to states over immigration given their spending; (3) no citizenship
for illegal immigrants except for elligible teenagers; (4) more border security
and immigration enforcement. [Note: good read, but the cost and implementation
can be quite hairy]…Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/05/we-read-jeb-bushs-immigration-book-so-you-dont-have-to/
Climate change will open up surprising new Arctic
shipping routes: If global warming
keeps pace, icebreaker ships may be able to ram through the North Pole by 2050
and save up to 50% of distance. [Note: with potentially dire climatic
consequences]…Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/05/climate-change-will-open-up-surprising-new-arctic-shipping-routes/
The dirty little secrets of SaaS: Up to 20% of attempted SaaS deployments are failing
due to serious problems with data integration (i.e. making legacy data actually
work with the new SaaS platforms effectively. Also, security and data
portability remain big concerns. [Note: Personally, I think this is a solvable
problem and should not discredit the SaaS benefits, but I don’t know much about
IT]…Source: http://readwrite.com/2013/03/05/software-as-a-service-the-dirty-little-secrets-of-saas
Venezuela after Chavez: mourned by millions of Venezuelans, Chavez may be succeeded by Mr. Maduro, already the de facto president. The bigger question is
how much will survive of Chavez’s Bolivarian revolution. His legacy remains
unclear to most—has he squandered an extraordinary opportunity for his country?
Or has he set the perfect stage for a booming economy by using an unprecedented oil boom to equip it with world-class
infrastructure and to provide the best education and health services money can
buy?...Source: http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2013/03/venezuela-after-ch%C3%A1vez
The Google Glass feature no one is talking about: It’s the experience of everyone other than the user.
What if Google Glass is always on, always records videos and speeches, and
always tracked automatically? If introduced en masse, this omnipresent
censoring will redefine “searching” to a more scarily personal and microscopic
level—that everything a person experiences can be tracked and retrieved. There
will be no opting out. [Note: Could a company wield this much power? Could it
not?]…Source: http://creativegood.com/blog/the-google-glass-feature-no-one-is-talking-about/
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