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With any endeavor that pushes innovation and technological progress, planning an interstellar journey will generate some inevitable spin-offs that may help us solve some of the most pressing issues of our time.
MSN: Uniting the planet for a journey to another star
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The mix of unstoppable technological change with the apparently unanswerable intellectual defeat of central planning has made globalisation appear inevitable: only its speed and its consequences seem open to debate.
ECONOMIST: A bad time to be an ostrich
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Key to creating a successful hybrid will be whether Japan's leaders allow certain parts of the system to be unmanaged -- whether they fully understand that detailed planning and close interfirm cooperation have limitations when exploring the technological frontier, especially in software and biotechnology.
CNN: Misreading Japan
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Shandong Heavy is reportedly planning further overseas deals to buy fairly inexpensive assets and gain technological expertise.
BBC: Viewpoint: Why Chinese firms buy Western rivals
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Instead, Schlumberger is planning more of what it is best at: pushing the technological boundaries of extracting the black stuff.
ECONOMIST: Oil firms you have never heard of are booming
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Planning for the future will require both the government and everyday citizens to much more seriously forecast technological penetration and map their strategies accordingly.
FORBES: Is Your Job Robot-Proof?
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The United States has to find new ways to pay for roads and bridges either through technological or financial innovation or else learn to live without them, experts agreed at a Metropolitan Planning Council forum in Chicago Monday.
FORBES: America At A Loss For Transportation Funds