TECHNOLOGY

  • Democracy Now! January 19, 1999

    Y2K and Nuclear Weapons; Massacre in Kosovo; Clinton’s Defense Team |Y2K and Nuclear Weapons Millenium approaches and anit-nuckear activists around the world are sounding alarms at the possibility that computer malfunctions caused by Y2K could jeopardize public safety. The Defense Department announced that all its computer systems deemed critical to national defense are safe. Activists…

  • Democracy Now! January 6, 1999

    U.S. Military Spending; What did Mobil Know? The Killing Fields of Aceh; Y2K and the Progressive Community. Does it Matter? |(14 Minutes) U. S. Military Spending Analysis of President Clinton’s proposal which is the largest peace-time military spending increase since the Reagan era for fiscal year 2000 budget. $110 billion increase has been proposed. Also…

  • Tampering with Biology

    Tampering with Biology The miracles and madness of madern science. Where is all of the new found technology that fives us unprecedented control over life and death leading us? How are our values being challenged and reshaped? GUEST: chido Nwangwu, editor of the Black Business Journal, U.S. Africa, and head of the Children’s Support Network.…

  • Y2K – Facts and Urban Myths

    Y2K — Facts and Urban Myths will civilization grind to a halt at the millenium? What’s behind the Y2K mania? Is it just more domsday predictions or is this a genuine threat to a computer reliant culture. We’ll discuss the nature of the mania and how those concerned are planning on preparing for the big…

  • John Maddox

    John Maddox What Remains to Be Discovered. the rate of scientific discovery is accelerating at a dizzying pace – in 1900 no one knew E=MC2 by 1950 a bob built by that equation changed the world forever. Sir John Maddox, editor emeritus of Nature magazine asks: What haven’t we discovered yet? Maddox discussed controversial ideas…