Imagine getting out of your 20 hp. car and cranking it to start it, getting whacked by the handle and breaking your wrist, while your neighbor trots by shouting “get a horse” and your other neighbor happily puffs by in his Stanley Steamer. This was life in 1900… people died of the flu and intestinal infections and […]
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he rise of humans from fearful creatures huddled around cave fires to the dominant species on the planet largely parallels the evolution of weaponry. Different subgroups rose and fell, spreading their culture or declining in influence as they either came up with the new best thing with which to slaughter their neighbors or fell behind in the innovation game. Club, axe, spear, atlatl, sword, longbow, crossbow, catapult, gun, bomb, artillery, really big bomb—all have had their day.
We even delineate historical epochs by naming them after the dominant weapon technology of the time: Stone, Bronze, Iron, and the modern era, which might accurately be termed the Gunpowder Age. Over time, the one constant has been to invent a technology that conferred an advantage on the user in battle—or else served as protection against what the other guy had. And the reason for wielding any given weapon has always been to maim or, preferably, kill one’s adversary. Before one got one’s own self killed, of course.
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The good news for the Chinese leadership is that their fiscal policies have paid off, producing both the world’s second-largest economy and the globe’s leading creditor nation in less than a generation. The less good news is that the country’s hell-bent drive towards industrialization has brought in its train a host of collateral problems, not the least of which is pollution. Last month Beijing’s air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization.
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Clicks vs. Bricks With the huge popularity of the internet it’s no longer uncommon for people to do their discretionary shopping online. The trend is towards more and more online purchases. According to the U.S. Census Bureau News, eCommerce for the 3rd Quarter of 2012 was 5.2% of total retail sales while it was only 1.7% of total
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by Alex Daley, Casey Research Traditional cancer treatment options are little more than a crude mix of “slash, burn, and poison”—that is surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. There are radical new treatments in labs and trials all over the world that promise to throw out this trifecta; no other disease has received more of the research
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What’s Going on in CRM? By Doug Hornig, Casey Research In Mike Judge’s wicked 1999 satire of corporate culture, Office Space, there’s a delightful character named Milton. Poor Milton. He’s all but invisible. No one likes him, no one talks to him, and coworkers are forever stealing his stapler. Management doesn’t notice him enough to fire
Since technology has become cheaper and cheaper over the years but with increased capabilities, you’d think that it would migrate over to health care as well. Daley and Hornig of Casey Research explain why this isn’t so. ~ editor “Why Your Health Care Is so Darn Expensive”… By Alex Daley and Doug Hornig, Senior Editors,
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Mobile Commerce According to Wikipedia- Mobile Commerce, also known as M-Commerce or mCommerce, is the ability to conduct commerce using a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smartphone, or other emerging mobile equipment such as dashtop mobile devices. “Mobile Commerce is any transaction, involving the transfer of ownership
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Are you a “digital native” — born since 1984 — who can’t even imagine a world without technology? ~editor Is the Generational Divide in Technology Widening? By Alex Daley, Casey Research My son doesn’t know how to use a mouse. He doesn’t even know what one is. As far as he’s concerned, it’s a furry
By Chris Wood, Casey Research As an analyst who spends a great deal of time researching biotech and pharma companies, I’m well aware of the challenges facing the drug industry in the US today. From onerous regulation and an approval process that has made drug development prohibitively costly and complex to the pending patent cliff
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