Category: Systems Science

  • Why Don’t Young Americans Buy Cars?

    Why Don’t Young Americans Buy Cars? Jordan Weissmann, theatlantic.com Auto mak­ers are wor­ried about the Mil­len­ni­als. They just don’t seem to care about own­ing a car. Is this a gen­er­a­tional shift, or just a lousy econ­o­my at work? Kids these days. They don’t get mar­ried. They don’t buy homes. And,… http://flpbd.it/zeQMx Related articles Young drivers…

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  • Just how hot is it in the US right now?

    Just how hot is it in the US right now? – Boing Boing. Related articles As Climate Changes, Urban Planners Help Cities Adapt (wbur.org) BBC Burnt Over Climate Change Claim UK Will Be As Hot As Madeira (chimalaya.org) Plan Panel Seeks to Rewrite India’s Climate Change Stance (chimalaya.org) Climate change is real, Canadians say, but…

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  • Udacity, Udemy: MOOCs disrupt conventional science and tech talent acquisition and education

    MOOCs, Large Courses Open to All, Topple Campus Walls – NYTimes.com. New Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs and startup companies such as Udacity and Udemy are turning conventional education on its head.  Udacity, a startup which is supported by Charles River Ventures,  was created by former professors at Stanford  who taught one AI course online…

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  • AN UNTRASHY TRAILER

    AN UNTRASHY TRAILER | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building. Future-forward design for the world you inhabit – your daily source for innovations in sustainable architecture and green design for the home. Related articles Parallax Landscape Re-Imagines a Low-Carbon Future for a Coal-Dominated Australian City (inhabitat.com) Inhabitat’s Top 6 Architecture Stories of…

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