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Peak CPU and the next computing revolution

December 26, 2013by karlstrobl 1 Comment

Forget Big Data. Here is the Next Big Thing in computing. First, the central fact: We are hitting the physical limits of processor speed. This ought to reset your expectations of future […]

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Energy, Resources
Fighting Entropy takes Energy (photo: Printemps, flickr)

Entropy and the Meaning of “Renewable”

November 18, 2013by karlstrobl 1 Comment

Fighting Entropy takes Energy (photo: Printemps, flickr) Can we give hard currency to the terms ‘renewable’ and ‘sustainable’? An excellent book by Guy Deutscher, a physicist from Tel Aviv University, […]

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Biosphere, Energy, Resources

Peak Water and Food Security

June 30, 2013by karlstrobl Leave a comment

If nations care about food security, their first concern should be sustainability of freshwater supplies. Here is the logic: The world’s fresh water supply is largely inaccessible for water production: […]

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Biosphere, Resources

Global Warming is no Stag Hunt

May 29, 2013by karlstrobl 1 Comment

Is finding a solution to Global Warming really like solving a Prisoner’s Dilemma? Most real-world problems of cooperation and coordination, even if they are said to be one, are really […]

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Biosphere, Resources

The Oldest News in the Universe, on the NY Times Front Page!

March 22, 2013by karlstrobl 3 Comments

As I was walking the streets of New York this morning, I had a flash-back into my earlier career, into my particle-physics / cosmology years. There was a new stack […]

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Biosphere, Resources

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co-founder and co-owner of a humanitarian demining organisation, lecturer in finance and applied maths. former investment manager, trader; and once a particle physicist; cares about retirement systems, demographics, govt debt, sustainability, life linkedin.com/in/karlstrobl

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