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(1 diggs) The X Factor alternative good for artists The latest talent-spotter to enter a crowded marketplace is offering unsigned acts a cooperative record deal along with their taste of success. But is it as fair as it sounds?

For nearly a decade, Simon Cowell has dominated the format of talent contest TV. In the process, the Pop Idol and X Factor machines have come to dominate the charts, leaving bands and artists that don't fall into the narrow formula of these shows struggling for broader attention.

More recently, rivals have attempted to...

(37 diggs) If You Cant Sell Something, Change The Image The Obama White House is frustrated with their inability to sell the public on Global Warming and pass legislation that will give them control over Greenhouse Gas Emissions. They have now devised a new tactic, the term Global Warming has now become Global Climate Disruption.
John Holdren, The White House Science Czar,

Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if...

(10 diggs) Steven Johnson's Where Good Ideas Come From: multidisciplinary hymn to diversity, openness and creativity


Science writer Steven Johnson's latest book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation is, in some ways, a classic Johnson book: drawing from diverse sources across many disciplines, Johnson recounts historical scientific breakthroughs and draws from them parallels to modern technology, particularly networked computers and the way that they shape the societies around them.

But in another way, this is a very different kind of Johnson book. Unlike recent science histories...