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What Obama Is Learning from Facebook, Google and Ideo | Epicenter | Wired.com
“We don’t currently use any of the technology solutions that are out there well,” explained Director Berry in an exclusive interview with Wired.com. “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter — the modern methods of connectivity — we don’t take advantage of at all. Essentially, we’re missing a whole generation.”
Harper government too slow on flu vaccine: CMAJ
Pregnant women, people with underlying medical conditions and other groups at risk could be forced to wait until mid-November before getting the vaccine, several weeks behind their counterparts from other countries, said the editorial
Is this the end of the age of our social cohesion? - The Globe and Mail
According to social scientists who study the issue, Canada is developing a social-cohesion deficit. Too little holds us together, and the potential threat to the democratic conduct of our affairs is cause for concern.
[map] Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World | Privacy International
Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007
Old Tories in disguise | Ed Balls | Comment is free | The Guardian
Instead of destroying the damaging old divide between "excellent" academic qualifications for some and "second class" for the rest, the Tories seem determined to turn back the clock. It is the wrong approach for the 21st century.
[books] The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain (9780670019274): George Lakoff: Books
Ideas, morals, and values do not exist somewhere outside the body, ready to be examined and put to use. Instead, they exist quite literally inside the brain—and they take physical shape there.
Christian right aims to change history lessons in Texas schools | World news | guardian.co.uk
State's education board to consider adding Christianity's role in American history to curriculum
Che Guevara's daughter recalls her revolutionary father | World news | The Guardian
Aleida Guevara talks about having to share her 'Papi' with the world – and her dislike of the commercialisation of his image
Augusto Boal: Theatre of the Oppressed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This method uses theatre as means of knowledge and transformation of the interior reality in the social and relational field.
Iran Election Crisis: 10 Significant Web Videos - Boing Boing
Iran is a nation in chaos, and as we monitor the situation, we must realize that social tools provide us with unfettered access to the situation. Sometimes, that access can be disturbing
Investigate your MP's expenses | Guardian UK
Join us in digging through the documents of MPs' expenses to identify individual claims, or documents that you think merit further investigation. You can work through your own MP's expenses, or just hit the button below to start reviewing.
[pdf] Political Smartmobs: Howard Rheingold
The same technologies and literacies can also organize, plan, and coordinate direct political actions—elections, demonstrations, insurrections. It may also be the case that they can be used to stifle, misdirect, and demoralize those who would otherwise be involved in these activities.
[audio] Socialism explained WNYC Leonard Lopate show
Find out what socialism really means, where it came from, and how it got such a bad wrap.
DNA pioneer condemns plans to retain data on innocent people | guardian.co.uk
Alec Jeffreys describes government response to court ruling as 'minimal and disappointing'
[video] George Lakoff on Idea Framing, Metaphors, and Your Brain
UC-Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff discusses how idea framing and metaphors contribute to shaping the way we think.
Alliance for Human Research Protection - Harvard Medical Students Rebel Against Pharma-Ties
200 Harvard Medical School STUDENTS are confronting the administration demanding an end to pharmaceutical industry influence in the classroom.
Chávez creates overnight bestseller with book gift to Obama | World news | guardian.co.uk
Hugo Chavez gives Barack Obama a copy of Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina (The Open Veins of Latin America) by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas
Tragedy of the commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Central to Hardin's article is a metaphor of herders sharing a common parcel of land (the commons), on which they are all entitled to let their cows graze. In Hardin's view, it is in each herder's interest to put as many cows as possible onto the land, even if the commons are damaged as a result. The herder receives all of the benefits from the additional cows, while the damage to the commons is shared by the entire group. If all herders make this individually rational decision, however, the commons are destroyed and all herders suffer
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