Monthly Archives: February 2009

The three little pigs and the housing rescue plan, a modern fable

Once upon a time there were three little pigs, and, although they were brothers and looked a lot a like, they could not have been more different. The first little pig was hard-working and thrifty. He spent very little of his income, saving and investing as much money as he could. He lived with his […] Continue reading

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Juan Enriquez: How mind-boggling science will outlast the crisis

From TED Talks:

Very inspiring, yes? And think of all the emerging branches of science Professor Enriquez leaves out: Simulation, massive data sets, crowd-sourcing, nanotechnology, bio-computing, etc. It’s raining soup but we’re all so bus… Continue reading

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