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I’m so concerned about the fact that Big Data is going to change the world in every conceivable way.
The ability now to create a company is so much more efficient because you don’t have to like guess in advance what you’re going to be able to do with it.
A Pew Research Center survey released this week revealed that despite Americans’ optimism about advances in medical technology, a slight majority said they wouldn’t want to have their lifespans extended past 120 with such technology.
Human beings or businesses are global and human beings are semi-movable. That creates a real challenge, especially when you move into the realm of digital businesses.
Our immigration policies are counter to the philosophy of the country and certainly counter to sound economics.
I’m generally more of a pessimist but I think that the more we learn and discuss very openly and frankly things that have historically been regarded as shameful when it comes to sex is a good thing.
Certain anatomical parts, for all human history, have been there but we haven’t asked what are they for.
I’m not good at language learning. It’s the method. And that method can be copied.
You need to take the skills you have retired and become extremely good at them.
Bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe argues that the Singularity envisioned by Ray Kurzweil isn’t quite right.
President Obama, who has had his own problems with Vladimir Putin, does not think it would be wise to boycott the 2014 Olympics in Russia over anti-gay laws. But what do you think?
It’s not climate change, or the fact that they spend more time online: According to a new survey, it’s because they’re just too busy to be bothered.
This infographic compares how much our space odysses are costing us – both on and off film.
This graphic shows the orbits of all the known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). Over 1,400 asteroids that we no about are considered hazardous because they follow orbits that pass close to the Earth’s orbit.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how your brain perceives time (retrospectively).
Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss explains the different types of nothing. Or something.
Consider the story of the wealthy New York banker and the Greek fisherman. While vacationing in Greece, the banker meets a Greek fisherman and asks him how long it takes […]
Despite an uptick in tourism and a shortage of hotel rooms, the government has clamped down on citizens offering private rooms to foreign visitors, mainly because those visitors lack basic home training.
Shepard Fairey has given his “stamp of approval” to the Stamp Stampede – a campaign to stamp dollar bills with messages like “Not To Be Used For Bribing Politicians.”
David Brooks endorsed the use of “nudges” (also known as libertarian paternalism) in his New York Times column yesterday, at least partially, giving a cautious thumbs up to the new […]
Extreme weather trends combined with a rapidly growing urban population. What is happening and what can we do about it?
Even the White House is getting involved in YouTube’s “Geek Week,” hosting a special We the Geeks: Robots Hangout today at 2:00 pm EDT for “a conversation about the state of American robotics and the possibilities for robots to improve life on Earth.”
Linda Lovelace learned from her mistakes. So can we all, by resolving our core sense of unworthiness, our “sadness attitudes,” and replacing them with self-approval, self-appreciation, goal-setting, and action taking in line with what we know within.
Researchers have been studying the social, ecological, and economic factors behind what they say is the “homogenization” of American lawns…and “keeping up appearances” is only one of them.
Though the subculture of privacy enthusiasts will strengthen, don’t expect it to grow significantly or to influence mainstream behaviors in any major way.
As with the anecdotally rich discoveries in Freakonomics, practitioners of predictive analytics constantly stumble upon insightful gems such as,vegetarians miss fewer flights.
If you’ve been following YouTube Geek Week, you may have noticed that YouTube has been releasing one Easter egg per day this week.
Take a moment to rub the top of your skull. With a little motivation — and the aid of a drill or pick — one could easily unlock the squelchy pink organ encased within.
The government collecting telephone and email records of every citizen is just plain wrong.