Archive for the 'Development' Category
Monday, October 29th, 2007
This is a species of freshwater shrimp (Macrobrachium sp.) from the tropical Chapare region of Cochabamba, Bolivia. This specimen was given to me over a year a go by young researcher and innovator. He believes that this species of prawn has economic potential, as they grow fast and endure a variety of conditions. [...]
Posted in Bolivia, Development | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
The Third World farmer lives constantly on the precipice of disaster. They are not blessed with many of the things we take for granted: la steady job, stable income, an economy fairly free from inflation, and a social services network that helps to mitigate the effects of natural disaster.
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Innovation, by its very nature, is difficult to institutionalize. Innovation requires free and open environments where people can be creative, explore their own interests, and leverage available resources. Institutions rely on predictable processes so that when someone flips a switch or makes a phone call, they get the expected [...]
Posted in Development, Global Warming | No Comments »
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
In many ways economics is a historical science. Economists rely on historical data for the formulation of predictive models. Therefore, economics is a science of precedence.
One of the most pertinent critiques against the modern practice [...]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
It was Descartes who was accused of splitting the world in two, between the material and the spiritual. In accord with a trend that began in the Renaissance, Descartes had inadvertently and finally delegated the indigenous knowledge of the artisan to the wood shops of history.
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Posted in Appropriate Technology, Development | 1 Comment »
