Month: December 2017

China to Overtake U.S. Economy by 2032 as Asian Might Builds

As we watch the United States and it’s Western allies preparing for war over the coming decades, a quick glance and the changing economic and geopolitical landscape may be instructive.

In 2032, three of the four largest economies will be Asian — China, India and Japan — and, by that time, China will also have overtaken the U.S. to hold the No. 1 spot. India’s advance won’t stop there, according to the CEBR, which sees it taking the top place in the second half of the century.

Also by 2032, South Korea and Indonesia will have entered the top 10, supplanting the Group of Seven nations of Italy and Canada.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-26/china-to-overtake-u-s-economy-by-2032-as-asian-might-builds

Currently reading Functional Light JS by Kyle Simpson.

Currently reading Functional Light JS by Kyle Simpson. You can read this for free online https://github.com/getify/Functional-Light-JS or buy the ebook from Leanpub.

This book explores the core principles of functional programming (FP) as they are applied to JavaScript. But what makes this book different is that we approach these principles without drowning in all the heavy terminology. We look at a subset of FP foundational concepts that I call “Functional-Light Programming” (FLP) and apply it to JavaScript.

https://leanpub.com/fljs

What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Russian Hacking

What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Russian Hacking

Originally shared by Jeff Zahari

“Epistemological nihilism looms, but some people and institutions have more power than others to define what constitutes an agreed-on reality. To say this is to risk dismissal as the ultimate wing-nut in the lexicon of contemporary Washington: the conspiracy theorist. Still, the fact remains: sometimes powerful people arrange to promote ideas that benefit their common interests. Whether we call this hegemony, conspiracy or merely special privilege hardly matters. What does matter is the power to create what Gramsci called the ‘common sense’ of an entire society.”

https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n01/jackson-lears/what-we-dont-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-russian-hacking