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Economic Sovereignty and Institutional Legitimacy: When Is Economic Exit Justified?

November 22, 2013

My illustration entitled: "The Foundation That No Longer Holds" - Beneath a towering financial city, a cutaway reveals its foundations: fair treatment, dependable rules and public accountability, represente...

Hi-Tech Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain

November 12, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain are technologies with the potential to effect fundamental changes in a wide range of economic sectors and markets, and society in general. AI refers to an area of ...

Mapping the Human Mind: Will the BRAIN Initiative Lead to Freedom – or Mind Control?

October 21, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration above, I feature "The Unfinished Portrait of Consciousness" where scientists collectively draw on an interactive giant computer screen of the human mind. They complete neurons, blood vess...

The Iron and the Clay: A Prophetic Vision of Man and Machine

September 11, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

In the second chapter of the book of Daniel, in the Bible, an ancient king is haunted by a dream. Nebuchadnezzar sees a colossal statue: a head of gold, a chest of silver, thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and ...

Artificial Intelligence and the Brain: Can Machines Think?

August 24, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

In this illustration, I superimposed my illustration of an Artificial Intelligence Robot onto a wallpaper of a futuristic laboratory. --------------------------------------------------------- The pursuit ...

Metadata Is Power

July 25, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why Protecting the Contents of a Message Is No Longer Enough My illustration entitled: "The Digital Breadcrumb Trail" - I walk through a dark futuristic city, unknowingly leaving glowing footprints beh...

Without Equality, Human Enhancement Will Create a New Caste System

July 7, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

For most of modern history, physical advantage has been mediated indirectly — through nutrition, healthcare, education, workplace safety, and (at the extreme) performance-enhancing drugs. Emerging biome...

The Four Foundations of Economic Capability: Value, Ownership, Knowledge and Choice

June 20, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Four Pillars" - Four monumental pillars engraved with Value, Ownership, Knowledge, and Choice supporting an open civic marketplace. Economic freedom is not secured merely...