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Travel widely, listen wisely and connect deeply. #Ethiopia #adventurebound http://t.co/NcP5xs5UTK

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to be imperfect and therefore trustworthy.

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Sometimes in museums I am more fascinated by the text descriptions next to the art than by the art itself. I crave verbosity, consciousness.

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.@nattyray11: American Psychological Association handed White House "get out of jail free” card to torture.http://t.co/vFHxnqqHD9

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For Richard Feynman's birthday, his famous monologue on knowledge and mystery, animated http://t.co/1Fvbgd7QIxhttp://t.co/hfjIpTgRBI

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www.digitaltonto.com/2015/how-one-woman-is-working-to-transform-the-healthcare-system-from-within

Medical researchers, especially prominent ones, tend to be passionate people, with a laser-like focus on their work.  Getting them to collaborate with other groups of people can be a challenge.  Convincing them to work with an artificial intelligence like Watson?  Much more difficult.

Dr. Chin sees a need to shift from provider centric care to patient centered care and she believes technology and data can help.  She told me, “Rather than wait for Darwinian evolution to happen, why not create an integrated infrastructure, from hardware and software to data and analytics, that can disrupt the thinking and center care around each individual patient.

scale the individual ness

Her new focus is at the other end of the spectrum from a top cancer center like MD Anderson—improving treatment of diabetes and obesity in Cameron county in South Texas, one of the poorest areas in the nation.  Here, rather than working with complex diseases, her task will be improving access to care for the most underserved patients.

theranus..?

www.salon.com/2015/05/10/this_is_how_the_right_wing_dies_the_gop_has_rigged_the_game_for_the_rich_again?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow 

Those few leaders are the “makers,” Paul Ryan explained in 2010; the majority of Americans are “takers.” The more it becomes evident that the “trickle down” theory of wealth has not worked– that rather than trickling down, wealth has rushed upward since 1980– the more leading Republicans insist that the problem is not their theory. The problem, they say, is that it has not been adopted fully enough.

Americans have soured on supply-side economics, but that hasn’t changed who runs the country. When opponents demand economic fairness, Republicans respond by accusing them of being anti-American “Liberals” or minorities looking for a handout. When rhetoric isn’t enough, Republicans gerrymand districts and manipulate the electorate to stay in power even without a popular majority

http://qz.com/402048/almost-everything-we-think-we-know-about-osama-bin-ladens-death-is-a-lie-reports-sy-hersh/

posted on fb by graham

he idea that water-boarding and other “harsh interrogation” produced the intelligence that led to bin Laden (as in the fictionalized movie Zero Dark Thirty) is completely fabricated.

Instead, a “walk-in” tipster told US officials in Pakistan where he was in order to collect a $25 million reward.

This promises to be a great open, online course for y'all to follow along with. https://t.co/OzhmX5qePd

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From dmlcentral, howard rheingold on teaching the humanities online
http://t.co/ZrO1lfXdRG

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no lecture.. story/book/portfolio

used ning until blogger

best thing for teacher to do - dig into fun yourself

#Facebook Advises Pages to Post 'Native Videos,' Not #YouTube Videos: http://t.co/Yta9LV2vhP

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.@EdFelten is now deputy U.S. CTO: https://t.co/xXgedxgc0g The @princeton technologist is a notable privacy advocate:http://t.co/MllgRsE3gf

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This is great news in general. But specifically for White House policy on encryption.  https://t.co/w1BUTZIRBx

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Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people—over half the adult population—lack bank accounts http://t.co/kEzFx5oCKxhttp://t.co/tlMEGXCe57

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A recent US court ruling that the NSA's domestic spying is illegal vindicates Edward Snowden. http://t.co/yr6xb12aO4http://t.co/BIZpiWIopw

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In Boston, to give a talk at Harvard's @NiemanLab tomorrow with @PennyRed

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Interesting post about assemblages…

http://t.co/7eRNKrZewv
#rhizo15

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Arthur Brooks (@arthurbrooks)

5/12/15 6:46 AM
At 11am, I'm talking poverty and opportunity with @EJDionne, @RobertDPutnam, and President @BarackObama. Stream: georgetown.edu/news/poverty-s…

Josh Elman (@joshelman)

5/12/15 6:13 AM
What does "Verizon's vision is to provide customers with a premium digital experience based on a global multiscreen network platform" mean?

"There are no galas celebrating the money people knew better than to seek. Charity begins after profit."http://t.co/yjfVmTGjtE @anandwrites

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My Interview with #Alcor CEO Max More http://t.co/ILTqofGmvP is now on Vimeo #Cryonics #Transhumanism

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When jobs are bullshit jobs & rent replaces work, it's only appropriate that #tory party is party of 'working people'http://t.co/MoLsB8Ghgd

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Rebecca Solnit on what our dream homes reveal about our inner lives http://t.co/Hn1DdVGDxF http://t.co/BXPO9feEnK

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$9 computer killing it on Kickstarter (This could really open the doors for developing countries.) http://t.co/ilCXcFHmXv

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CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling's voice has never been heard by the public, until now. Watch and listen:http://t.co/sdi5M3GXmP

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Massachusetts City to Stop Arresting Drug Addicts, Provide Aid Instead
http://t.co/GLAlR8yWuM

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Angela Blanchard (@CajunAngela)

5/13/15 5:56 AM
seen so much "anti poverty" policy, interventions, programs. We know what we are against. What are we for? What's the opposite of poverty?

absence of shalom

ow to turn small talk into smart conversation: http://t.co/ISRhRh8p6J

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Amherst, MA launches Amherst Connect with SeeClickFix! http://t.co/O0qSv6G9Qq http://t.co/cwLj76Yo6J

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Zappos just pulled off the boldest management move, ever. 
http://t.co/4rDrrs9AVK

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http://www.businessinsider.com/my-visit-with-elon-musk-at-spacex-2015-5?utm_content=bufferaea6f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

One thing you’ll learn about Musk as you read these posts is that he thinks of humans as computers, which, in their most literal sense, they are. A human’s hardware is his physical body and brain. His software is the way he learns to think, his value system, his habits, his personality. And learning, for Musk, is simply the process of “downloading data and algorithms into your brain.” Among his many frustrations with formal classroom learning is the “ridiculously slow download speed” of sitting in a classroom while a teacher explains something, and to this day, most of what he knows he’s learned through reading.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/5/12/seymour_hersh_details_explosive_story_on

Steinbeck on publicity, the dark side of success, and the measure of creative integrity http://t.co/mL1ekFDdahhttp://t.co/Bl7C3bF0wc

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http://www.democracynow.org/2015/5/12/exclusive_cia_whistleblower_jeffrey_sterling_speaks

Ilaria Rocchi / Vinay Gupta (@leashless) discuss @ethereumproject https://t.co/cNNyCQFbi5 @YouTube

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This is a 10 yr old. Sprayed by chemicals from police when he was peaceful protest with no warning. @blklibmnhttp://t.co/INctGW80vR

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