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Derivatives-No short cut to making money
I have been reading about the derivative transactions that a number of companies entered into with banks.Did They Know? Was It Planned?
The question was, “Do you think the financial leaders of our country knew the speculative bubble would end in a crash? And, if so, do you think it was planned to happen?”.Goldman Sachs created every major economic bubble since 1930
They use the same playbook over and over again: Goldman positions itself in the middle of a speculative bubble, selling investments they know are crap. When it all goes bust, leaving millions of or..The Internet Speculative Fiction Database goes wiki
"The ISFDB is open for editing by the general public." If there was ever the potential to test the community strength of the genre, this could well be the place it happens.O.J. Simpson to discuss killings
"Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which heModest Muse
"Author J.G. Ballard’s influence on modern music." Interesting interview / retrospective piece.Speculative Reviews of Imaginary Books | memetherapy
"None of these books exist but that didn’t stop us from compiling a set of reviews on them." Does what it says on the tin...it's a Meme Therapy joint, y'all.'Community', by Karl Schroeder
A nice little specualtive short story from Schroeder, looking at the impact of ubiquitous internet platforms and fabricators on isolated communities. Well worth the ten minutes it'll take to read it.Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction
A discussion about whether werewolves are fantasy or science fiction and misconceptions about the genres.Otherism: The Dissection of Humanity and the Human in Science Fiction Film
A discussion of a science fiction research proposal that won UC Santa Cruz\'s Humanities Undergraduate Research Award.IMM Positioning - Speculative Investors Take Out Net Long USD Positions
For yet another week, speculative investors reduced their net long USD position, which saw a major fall and has now gone to neutral. This is consistent with the pick-up in risk appetite, which hasJohn C. Wright: SFF is Everything Else
"The task of defining Science Fiction goes astray because most attempts assume "fiction" is the category, and words are spent trying to find the distinctive feature separating Science FAlchemical Post-Its: A Primer on Fantastic Poetry
Article on the history of science fiction poetry.
