Agree or disagree, it's a really good article. I find it hard to understand how the author's ideas can be implemented without a surge in government regulation (which usually leads to more innovation stagnation, not less) - but the ideas are fascinating. It may be that for some of these problems government should be less involved, actually, since government's main role currently is to back the wealthiest, most powerful stakeholders, not promote competition. OTOH, in other areas it's obvious that major research efforts would pay off - though not if funded by a particular vendor.
Last weekend I completed ripping my Alan Parsons CD collection and started listening to it at work off my portable media player. While listening, I figured I might as well google Alan, maybe there would be some interesting historical stuff on the web.
As it turns out, Alan Parsons is still kicking and has a new album out! Even better, he's doing electronica now! I'll be receiving it shortly and will do a review.
This will be the first record without his long-time bandmates Ian Bairnson,
and Stuart Elliott. The new album will take Alan in a new direction and into the
world of electronica.
Artists appearing on this record include: Nortec Collective, The Crystal
Method, Shpongle, PJ Olsson, and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
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