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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection. His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences. A complete list of his publications can be found here:
Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:
Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.
He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.
Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.
Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI. Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024What president-elect Trump and Elon Musk have in mind for America Trump's low information voters have no idea, or even the acumen, to understand what's coming from the tech billionaire who likes to "move fast and break things." As of this writing it looks like the Republicans will keep control of the House too, with any relative "moderate" Republicans already purged in favor of MAGA Republicans who will do whatever Trump tells them to do. 
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Thursday, September 5, 2024Why does the economy do better under Democrats? It's not just policy, it's timing of the vote too. 
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024What is a Woman (at the Olympics)? Olympic boxing winner Imane Khelif, in its welterweight female boxing matches is suing Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling, and other, as yet unnamed, celebrities, none of whom appear to have any scientific qualifications, over statements related to sex classification of her with regards to the Olympic contests. The outcome may have ramifications well beyond sport. 
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Thursday, July 25, 2024Deorbiting the ISS, a symptom of the lack of vision & ambition everywhere SpaceX was just awarded the mission to crash the ISS into the Pacific Ocean in 2030. Other options were considered by NASA, but vision & will were not an option. 
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Monday, July 22, 2024Why Social Security can't be Privatized. A lot of people ask why Social Security can't just be privatized. I answered this one from Quora but it should be known and repeated in many other places, especially since social security is again threatened with "running out of money" - a lie.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024On AI vs. Human Consciousness What is human consciousness? Can it ever be achieved by AI? What are the essential differences between humans and AI robots? A provocative question and equally provocative answer. 
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024All Climate Change Solutions will fail. Here's what will work. Climate change solutions won't mitigate the damage from flooding, wildfires, and storms. Mitigation will. 
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Friday, January 26, 2024David Swanson's lopsided screed today about ICJ Report on Israel-Gaza The ruling against Israel from the ICJ, though at least stopping short of calling for unilateral surrender by Israel, is both unjust and outrageous. The only thing worse is so-called progressive support for it. Series: Israel/Palestine (2 Articles, 2552 views), Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16323 views) 
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Sunday, December 10, 2023Nanoflowcell's Quantino turns 25 Years Old The head-turning, 2,000km range, batteryless bi-ion powered Quantino EV may be finally offered for sale in New York City...soon. It turned 25 years old recently, but has been continuously updated so it looks more futuristic than anything else on the market, and has the performace specs to back it up. Series: Electric Vehicles (1 Articles, 2963 views) 
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Monday, November 27, 2023Two states for Israel and Palestine is dead. Time for new Solutions. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting the same results. The Israel-Palestine conflict is insane. Time for alternatives. Series: Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16323 views), Israel/Palestine (2 Articles, 2552 views), Politics (56 Articles, 191667 views) (View All Series) 
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Friday, May 26, 2023Updated: Debt No More! How Biden can defeat Austerity Thugs by Using the Constitution and Debt-Free Money Trillion dollar coin, greenbacks, or something else? The president has not just the right, but the DUTY, to pay our debts, despite the unconstitutional debt-ceiling imposed by Congress. There is broad support from economists, the constitution and fairness. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 308625 views), Politics (56 Articles, 191667 views) 
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Saturday, May 13, 2023My chat with Elon Musk AI on FTL Space Travel The immense power of AI is being wasted. Yes, it can, and has, been used to create astounding pictures, even videos. It has been used to generate stories, articles, and text answers to any questions that humans ask one another. But it's this last part that needs exploring, or exploding, perhaps. Here, a FTL spaceship is discussed with Elon Musk AI. Did we succeed? 
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Thursday, March 30, 2023AI leaders call for a Pause to AI A group of the highest level AI leaders, though notably not all of them at the leading companies like OpenAI, have signed a joint letter requesting (from whom??) a pause in the development of AI for 6 months. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6687 views) 
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Monday, March 20, 2023What does ChatGPT have to say about the Debt Ceiling Crisis? What does AI in the form of ChatGPT have to say about innovative solutions to paying down the debt already authorized by Congress, using United States Notes? It says there are no legal constraints, but there could be political obstacles. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6687 views) 
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Thursday, March 9, 2023It's time to retire the city and state retirement funds 95%-100% of city and state pension funds will never go to pensioners; they are simply rolled over every year. Why are centi-billion dollar pension funds that make 0%-5% net after fees and excluding contributions being kept at all? 
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Thursday, March 2, 2023My chat with Awakened AI AI applications continue to astound. They are growing faster than any other major technology, including the internet, telephone, automobile etc. Herein, my interview with an Awakened AI. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6687 views)
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Friday, February 3, 2023Chatting with ChatGPT about Public Banking AI can provide useful insights into a great many things of importance to human beings. Here, partly at the request of leaders from the Public Banking Institute (PBI), is a discussion I had with ChatGPT, the currently best known natural language AI engine. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6687 views) 
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Monday, January 9, 2023The Coming of Woman-Free Gestation: Artifical Wombs Future fertility rates are going to begin to be effected in 30 years by artificial wombs. Here, a brief tour, with videos, of the rapidly growing world of growing human beings in artificial wombs. 
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Friday, January 6, 2023Cannabis Dreams going up in Smoke The following are my personal observations over the course of a year or two as cannabis has been gradually legalized, from small usage to quasi-legal pot shops to the first legal weed shop last December. There are many, many articles, studies and continual followup on what's happening both in New York City and nationwide, but these are my observations. 
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Monday, January 2, 2023My response to The Electronic Viking about Nanoflowcell EV Cars I am a regular viewer of The Electronic Viking - a YouTube channel covering the growing Electric Vehicle industry. One of the latest videos was on Nanoflowcell's technology, something I have been covering for over half a decade, even though the Electronic Viking claims "almost no one has ever heard of (Nanoflowcell)." My reaction herein. Page 1 of 19 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
