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Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Watch Free Documentaries Online | Documentary Heaven Disruptive innovation Sustaining innovations are typically innovations in technology, whereas disruptive innovations cause changes to markets. For example, the automobile was a revolutionary technological innovation, but it was not a disruptive innovation, because early automobiles were expensive luxury items that did not disrupt the market for horse-drawn vehicles. The market for transportation essentially remained intact until the debut of the lower priced Ford Model T in 1908. The mass-produced automobile was a disruptive innovation, because it changed the transportation market. The current theoretical understanding of disruptive innovation is different from what might be expected by default, an idea that Clayton M. The work of Christensen and others during the 2000s has addressed the question of what firms can do to avoid displacement brought on by technological disruption. History and usage of the term[edit] The term disruptive technologies was coined by Clayton M. The theory[edit] See also[edit]

The Great Explosion The Great Explosion is a satirical science fiction novel by Eric Frank Russell, first published in 1962. The story is divided into three sections. The final section is based on Russell's famous 1951 short story "...And Then There Were None." Twenty-three years after the novel was published, it won a Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Plot[edit] The Blieder drive, a faster-than-light drive system, has permitted the population of Earth to colonize the galaxy. The first planet was a penal colony; it is now many independent kleptocratic despotisms preying on each other. See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ James, Edward (2003). External links[edit]

FREE Rhyming Dictionary: Find Rhyming Words in Seconds THX 1138 Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. THX 1138 est un film américain de science-fiction réalisé par George Lucas (1971) et produit par Francis Ford Coppola. Synopsis[modifier | modifier le code] Dans une société souterraine du futur, les hommes vivent sous sédatifs. Ils sont socialement brimés par un pouvoir totalitaire et invisible au sein d'un univers blanc monochrome. Univers[modifier | modifier le code] L'univers de THX 1138 est un univers uniforme, la couleur dominante étant le blanc. La situation[modifier | modifier le code] Pour habiter une cité souterraine, il semblerait que la Terre ait subi de nombreux bouleversements. De plus, les forces chargées de l'ordre ne sont pas des humains mais des policiers-robots ultra-violents qui semblent cependant capables de liens humains, comme prêter la matraque aux enfants, rassurer les gens, etc. Le pouvoir[modifier | modifier le code] La prison[modifier | modifier le code] L'économie[modifier | modifier le code]

News from Nowhere The book explores a number of aspects of this society, including its organisation and the relationships which it engenders between people. Morris cleverly fuses Marxism and the romance tradition when he presents himself as an enchanted figure in a time and place different from Victorian England. As Morris, the romance character, quests for love and fellowship—and through them for a reborn self—he encounters romance archetypes in Marxist guises. In the novel, Morris tackles one of the most common criticisms of socialism; the supposed lack of incentive to work in a communistic society. Looking Backward[edit] Morris reviewed the novel Looking Backward in the Commonweal on 21 June 1889. Morris’s basic antipathy with Bellamy arose chiefly from his disagreement with Bellamy’s social values and aesthetic convictions. More specifically, Morris criticised the limited nature Bellamy's idea of life. Gender in Nowhere[edit] Marriage[edit] Morris offers a Marxian view of marriage and divorce.

10 Golden Lessons from Albert Einstein Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving - Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was an amazing physicist. He figured out so many universal principles and equations that he was way ahead of his fellow scientists at any point of time. 1. Most people don’t try new things because of their fear of failure. 2. 30 years from now, you won’t possibly remember what chapters you had in your science book; you’d only remember what you learn on your way. 3. When you reflect on how far we humans have come from the prehistoric caves to mind-blowing technological advancements, you would feel the power of imagination. 4. Creativity and uniqueness often depends on how well you hide your sources. 5. If you think of all the top people in the world, they would have added something of value to the world. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Une déclaration d’intention. Il n’y a plus d’ailleurs. Et voilà pourquoi ce site s’appelle « Planète sans visa ». Cette expression n’est pas de moi : je l’ai découverte chez Victor Serge, mais elle est antérieure à lui. À ma connaissance, elle a été utilisée dès 1929 dans un tract surréaliste, probablement écrit par André Breton, ainsi que dans un livre de Léon Trotsky. N’importe. C’est un fait : la planète est devenue une banlieue où s’entassent les peuples. Tout a changé. S’il doit avoir un sens, ce sera celui d’écrire librement. Je n’ai pas l’illusion, ni l’outrecuidance, de savoir quoi faire. Ce n’est pas un programme, c’est un drapeau. Nous devons, dès qu’il sera possible, travailler ensemble à une Déclaration universelle des devoirs de l’homme. C’est peut-être difficile.

Looking Backward Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a lawyer and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1888. According to Erich Fromm, Looking Backward is "one of the most remarkable books ever published in America".[1] Synopsis[edit] The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts), but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a socialist utopia. The remainder of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future. Although Bellamy's novel did not discuss technology or the economy in detail, commentators frequently compare Looking Backward with actual economic and technological developments. Key excerpts[edit] Precursors[edit]

40 websites that will make you cleverer right now The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages. But only a tiny fraction help you improve your brain power. Here are 40 of the best. whizzpast.com – Learn about our awe inspiring past all in one wonderful place. khanacademy.org – Watch thousands of micro-lectures on topics ranging from history and medicine to chemistry and computer science. freerice.com – Help end world hunger by correctly answering multiple-choice quizzes on a wide variety of subjects. artofmanliness.com – Blog/site dedicated to all things manly, great for learning life skills and good insights. unplugthetv.com – Randomly selects an educational video for you to watch. coursera.org – An educational site that works with universities to get their courses on the Internet, free for you to use. mentalfloss.com – Interesting articles guaranteed to make you smile and get you thinking. feelgoodwardrobe.com – Find out how the world of fashion really works and what you can do to combat it. lifehacker.com – Learn to hack life!

Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; “To destroy this invisible government” « zunguzungu ( en Español ) ( auf Deutsch ) ( in het nederlands ) “To radically shift regime behavior we must think clearly and boldly for if we have learned anything, it is that regimes do not want to be changed. The piece of writing ( via ) which that quote introduces is intellectually substantial, but not all that difficult to read, so you might as well take a look at it yourself. He begins by positing that conspiracy and authoritarianism go hand in hand, arguing that since authoritarianism produces resistance to itself — to the extent that its authoritarianism becomes generally known — it can only continue to exist and function by preventing its intentions (the authorship of its authority?) Authoritarian regimes give rise to forces which oppose them by pushing against the individual and collective will to freedom, truth and self realization. His model for imagining the conspiracy, then, is not at all the cliché that people mean when they sneer at someone for being a “conspiracy theorist.”

STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a 1962 book about the history of science by Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a landmark event in the history, philosophy, and sociology of scientific knowledge and triggered an ongoing worldwide assessment and reaction in—and beyond—those scholarly communities. Kuhn challenged the then prevailing view of progress in "normal science." Normal scientific progress was viewed as "development-by-accumulation" of accepted facts and theories. For example, Kuhn's analysis of the Copernican Revolution emphasized that, in its beginning, it did not offer more accurate predictions of celestial events, such as planetary positions, than the Ptolemaic system, but instead appealed to some practitioners based on a promise of better, simpler, solutions that might be developed at some point in the future. History[edit] Synopsis[edit] Basic approach[edit] Historical examples[edit] Kuhn explains his ideas using examples taken from the history of science.

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