Tuesday, February 18, 2014

10 weapons Wall Street uses to manipulate you - Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch

10 weapons Wall Street uses to manipulate you - Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch: New quantum computing “promises to solve some of humanity’s most complex problems ... backed by Jeff Bezos, NASA and the CIA ... each costs $10,000,000 ... operates at 459 degrees below zero.” Even the fact that “nobody knows how it actually works” isn’t a problem, says Time’s Lev Grossman. Why? Quantum computing “will change how we cure disease, explore the heavens and do business on Earth.”

But is it really a miracle-worker? Will it come with a moral conscience? Know right from wrong? Or will the amazing “Infinity Machine” just be the next generation of superhot, but soulless big-data processors? Ask yourself:

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