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Big data is making social science truly predictive

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Mind reading is possible! – Salon.com
By Kathleen Taylor, salon.com

Advances in neuroimaging suggest telepathy could be on the horizon. It’s time to consider how we’d use it

“If you have some­thing that you don’t want any­one to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the ?rst place.” Eric Schmidt, CE…

RT @Salon: Neuroimaging could create a society built on absolute honesty — but the cost would be a total relinquishing of privacy http://flip.it/qW8n0 http://flip.it/iMFa4

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Why conservatives ignored the data

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

10 right-wingers who got the election hilariously wrong – Salon.com
By AlterNet Staff„ salon.com

So much for hunches and gut instincts. Maybe in 2016, these would-be pollsters will read Nate Silver like adults

We real­ly had a con­test between the reality-based com­mu­ni­ty, and a con­ser­v­a­tive move­ment that had con­vinced itself that…

RT @Salon: On Monday, “serious” conservative pundits were predicting “the death of liberalism.” Here’s an update on that… http://flip.it/HdP3S http://flip.it/R9J7r

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Roger Ebert on education: more content, fewer sports stadiums

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Hello, Mr. President? It’s me, Roger Ebert – Salon.com
By Roger Ebert, salon.com

I think we need an emergency education program, investing in basics — and not $60 million high school stadiums

I would ask the pres­i­dent for an emer­gency edu­ca­tion pro­gram. Our stu­dents at every level are below Amer­i­can his­tor­i­cal no…

RT @ebertchicago: What should Obama do first? My suggestion, in http://flip.it/Gk7UE http://flip.it/laN1K http://flip.it/5rvld

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Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney – Salon.com
By David Daley, salon.com

After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board

Rupert Mur­doch’s warn­ing tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hur­ri­cane Sandy cleanup that the New Jer­sey gov­er­no…

RT @Salon: This just in: After an ominous tweet from Murdoch, Chris Christie heeded the Fox News chief’s warning, re-backed Romney http://flip.it/thA47 http://flip.it/equob

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Kids learn brands, not world

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

How consumer brainwashed are you? – Salon.com
By Andrew Leonard, salon.com

The perfect marketing campaign: A free game app that tests our recognition of corporate branding

For his 15th birth­day, I gave my son an iPod Touch, a piece of tech­nol­o­gy that would have seemed like the purest magic to me when I was his age.…

RT @Salon: Capitalism is hilarious: iPad quiz game about identifying corporate logos lets you pay for upgrade to “remove ads” http://flip.it/N5pPv http://flip.it/DzwtX

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