links for 2008-02-26

• Deepwater Wind: Turbines are eyesores. So why not put them out on the high seas?
  (tags: oceans energy alternativeenergy ocean wind)
• The downside of a good idea
  IU psychologists discovered that "when information is freely shared, good ideas can stunt innovation by distracting others from pursuing even better ideas." Big connected groups are good at simple problems, but "small world groups" won on hard problems.
  (tags: cognitive collaboration creativity decision-making innovation networks)
• Welcome To GEEP: The Group Experiment Environment Project
  GEEP is a system for understanding the emergent behavior of groups. In GEEP many individuals interact in real-time playing simple games through the web.
  (tags: decision-making collective_intelligence collaboration games groups online psychology X2)
• Global Biopact on biofuels can bring benefits to both rich and poor nations
  "A global Biofuels Biopact between rich and poor countries can help alleviate poverty in the developing world while helping to solve the problems of global warming and energy security in the developed world."
  (tags: biofuel sustainability globalization X2 development environment environmental_services)
• On-Line Publications by John Law, Lancaster University
  (tags: STS sociology academic X2)
• LRB · Donald MacKenzie: The Political Economy of Carbon Trading
  Review of carbon trading markets.
  (tags: carbontrading climate_change economics environment X2 environmental_services markets)