March 2012
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Future of the Economy #1 – What is An Economy?
Last time, I laid out my roadmap for describing my vision for the future of the economy. Now, again awaiting an algorithm’s end, I take the first step.
Today’s topic is simple – “what is an economy?”
Whether you’ve studied economics or not, (and I never have in any academic setting), that is a tricky question.
To some, the economy is “the intersection of supply and demand.” To others, it’s...
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Setting up MusicBrainz Server on EC2 using...
[Warning: super technical post to follow]
I sunk a large amount of time this week into trying to get a MusicBrainz server running in the cloud. Since as of a week ago, I didn’t know jack about Postgres, Linux, Perl, or “the Cloud”, this was a rather large challenge for me. But I finally got through it with the help of a lot of scattered web resources and a bit of help from the most excellent...
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The future of the economy, in bite-sized chunks.
I’m stuck waiting for some programs to execute, so now seems like a good time to set down my theory of what the economy of the future is going to look like.
“Whoa, George, that sounds like a big task” says the imaginary critical imp on my shoulder. “Why would you want to do that, especially since much of what you say will turn out to be wrong?”
Well, critical imp, I’m glad you asked....
