Monthly Archives: February 2004

Population Trends and Asian Demographics

Policy and Population in Asia (via Volokh). Great essay on population trends and Asian demographics, especially the social impact of the aging populations of China, Japan and Russia. Interesting bit: by 2025, India will be the youngest large-population country in … Continue reading

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Supersoldiers

(Via Instapundit) On Defensetech: The Darpa project, called “Metabolic Dominance” or “Peak Soldier Performance,” is part of a wider, future-facing Pentagon research push to develop grunts who are pretty much immune to normal human demands.

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The Last Internet Campaign

Clay Shirky on the last Internet campaign: Those of us watching Dean thinking “This is it – the campaign we’ve been waiting for” were, in a way, correct. This is it, or rather that was it, before Dean decided that … Continue reading

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The Nanny State

Bye bye, Nanny state: Good opinion piece from The Telegraph on the IIM fee dustup: A few decades ago, the middle class was regarded as one of the catchment areas of socialist populism. The so-called progressive politicians of yesteryear like … Continue reading

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