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Sustainable. Sustainability. Those words were rarely used before 1960. Then there was a rapid increase in the use of the word "sustainable".

According to Google Ngrams, we reached peak sustainability sometime around 2004.

It's all downhill from here.

Inspired by xkcd:

Source:xkcd

Note to lawbreakers or anyone relying on encryption to protect them: Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop.

Source: xkcd

A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado woman to decrypt her laptop computer so prosecutors can use the files against her in a criminal case.

The defendant, accused of bank fraud, had unsuccessfully argued that being forced to do so violates the Fifth Amendment’s protection against compelled self-incrimination.

...just another example why you shouldn't encrypt anything without compelling reasons: the mere presence of encrypted data puts you at risk. Legally and physically. Of course, it may be useful for preventing surreptitious disclosure, but it probably won't protect you from being compelled to cough up the goods. You'd best be prepared for some serious giblet-cracking.

More here and here.

Via: Bruce Schneier.

For more information, see: Self Incrimination and Cryptographic Keys by Greg S. Sergienko

Three must-see interviews with Kyle Bass. Bass tells us why the European economic union must default and will not survive, among other things.

The other two are on Business News Network, but cannot be embedded. You'll have to watch them on BNN.com, and you should do so.

Betting on a Collapse, Part 1

Betting on a Collapse, Part 2

I'm sure this happens more than we can possibly imagine...

Source: http://xkcd.com/978/

According to Things Baby Boomers Won't Say, aging Baby Boomers aren't dealing well with reality.

No surprise there, many of them have been avoiding it their whole lives.