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• U.S. Slashes UN Budget By $285 Million After Being Rebuked Over Jerusalem Embassy

  26-12-2017 21:02 via Technocracy News
  It is a good first step to chop funding of the United Nations, but there is still no recognition of its draconian doctrine of Agenda21/Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. Still, this opens the window for local activists to rid their own communities of UN dogma and policies.  ⁃ TN EditorThe United States announced a $285 million cut in the United Nations’ “bloated” budget for next year, negotiated by UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. A statement by the United States Mi
  
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• Chinese Form Clones Gene-Edited Dog For Medical Research

  26-12-2017 20:35 via Technocracy News
  Technocrats in China are pushing forward with gene editing and cloning, ostensibly for medical research, but the ethical issues are piling up at breakneck speed. Human trials are clearly in view in China. Technocrats ‘invent’ because they must, not because there is a good need to do so. ⁃ TN EditorWith his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting disorder since birth — exactly what scientists in China
  
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• U.S. Fishermen Fear Forests Of Wind Turbines At Sea

  26-12-2017 20:22 via Technocracy News
  Wind turbines and fishing don’t mix, but that isn’t stopping turbine operators from installing hundreds of giant wind generators in the Atlantic ocean. Industry studies support deep-water turbines as symbiotic with marine life but actual fisherman know better. From regulations to harmful sounds and electromagnetic vibrations, offshore wind farms portend as much ecological damage as their terrestrial counterparts. ⁃ TN EditorEast Coast fishermen are turning a wary eye toward an
  
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• WATCH: Start-up Stories: Tandem HR Solutions siliconrepublic.com/video/tandem-h…

  26-12-2017 16:00 via @siliconrepublic SiliconRepublic
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• WATCH: High-flying biofuels set to soar at UL’s Bernal Institute siliconrepublic.com/video/biofuels…

  26-12-2017 14:00 via @siliconrepublic SiliconRepublic
  WATCH: High-flying biofuels set to soar at UL’s Bernal Institute siliconrepublic.com/video/biofuels…
  
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• We are living longer lives thanks to the kind of remarkable medical advances dreamed up by some of these innovators… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-12-2017 13:00 via @siliconrepublic SiliconRepublic
  We are living longer lives thanks to the kind of remarkable medical advances dreamed up by some of these innovators… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Universities Must Prepare ‘Smart Engineers’ For Tomorrow’s Smart Cities

  26-12-2017 04:33 via Technocracy News
  Indeed, universities are cranking out ‘smart engineers’ centered in Sustainable Development, even though “with AI, cities can soon enough cities run on its own.” This trend was driven by the Smart City ideologues, not by natural or existing demand for such engineers. ⁃ TN EditorThe future of our cities is undoubtedly smart. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Learning are set to revolutionise the way data is collected, managed and implemented in our lives. So
  
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• Central Banks Are Considering Digital Currency To Speed Payments

  26-12-2017 04:21 via Technocracy News
  There are two key thoughts here: 1) blockchains will be centralized, not distributed and anonymous and 2) all central banks are involved. If central banks take this path, it spells the end of public crypto-currencies and the establishment of global Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThe Bank of Israel is examining issuing digital currency as a means of creating a faster payments system as well as reducing the amount of cash in the economy, a central bank source said on Sunday, though he stressed no d
  
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• FP Magazine: Populism And Technocracy Are Mutually Reinforcing Each Other

  26-12-2017 03:45 via Technocracy News
  The EU was designed as a Technocracy to govern outside the political realm as a ‘protected sphere of policymaking’, ‘free from direct democratic pressures. Four current and former Trilateral Commission members are prominent in this article: Samuel Huntington, Fareed Zakaria, Mario Monte and Lucas Papademos. This is a very thoughtful article and is worthy of careful consideration. The author concludes,
  “Indeed, the more that citizens believe that political elites and insti
  
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