Simeon Margolis

Flutter: The New Twitter

Thought this one was worth a share and a laugh if you're one of those crazy kids sharing life online:
Have a great start to your week!

Want a New Hybrid? Consider the Bolivian Perspective

Have you ever read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins?  I ask because the New York Times just published an interesting story on the lithium supply held in Bolivian salt-flats and the newly found demand by electric and hybrid auto-manufacturers to get there hands on it. Fortu nately for the Bolivian people, their government isn't quite as anxious to rush into partnership with the world's super-powers as say, Saudi-Arabia was to exploit their oil reserves.  

I got the chance to visit the Bolivian salt flats in 2002 and it was absolutely majestic. As awe-inspiring as it was to make our way across a sea of salt where you often couldn't distinguish between sky and earth, the real story (as always) was the people living there. Bolivia has one of the highest poverty rates in the world thanks to many factors, including the systematic fire-bombing of coca crops by US warplanes. Bolivia's people have bore the burnt of other nations abuse of it's country whether by European conquest like most South American countries, military coups, or covert actions to dispose of non-cooperative government officials.

I'll be the first to admit my capitalist streak runs deep but I wish President Evo Morales the best of luck in preserving his countries fortunes and allowing his people to reap the benefit. It's going to be a long, ugly process but trust me, the people of Bolivia deserve for something to go there way more than you deserve that new Prius.

Ohio Voter Mugging 2008

This is what it's all about!



Ohio voters will use Utterz to report voting problems or inaccuracy.

http://www.prweb.com/…732394.htm



All citizens are also encouraged to report the problems through the new mobile blogging community, Utterz. With utterz, voters can blog the machine problems immediately from their cell phone with audio, video, images, and text. Utterz provides a phone number for people to call in and "speak" a blog entry, which appears as an audio file.



Utterz provides a way for voters to immediately document their machine problems, share them with others, and create a public and transparent archive of voting machine problems. Please tag your entry "Ohio Voter Mugging 2008" and identify the scene of the crime. For more information on this blogging community and to join before the primary, visit http://www.utterz.com/.

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Does Genius go Hand-in-hand with Madness

Paisano reported on utterz this morning that Bobby Fischer has passed away.  Pai raised an interesting question in light of Bobby Fischer's erratic behavior after his rise to fame...that is, does true genius go hand-in-hand with madness?

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OLPC & Intel Controversy

Does this controversy help or hurt the future of collaboration for not-for-profit and big business?

http://tinyurl.com/2ratla

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