GOOD news from Washington! President George W. Bush has named Floyd Kvamme to
be co-chair of PCAST. Isn’t that terrific?
Excuse me? Did I hear someone say, “What the heck is PCAST and who is Floyd
Kvamme, and why on Earth are you telling us this?” Well, PCAST is the
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. It’s a group of
non-government scientists, engineers and others besotted by science who meet a
few times a year to belabour topics already thoroughly explored by others.
Well, Kvamme is a successful venture capitalist who’s made big bucks in
Silicon Valley. He’s…
