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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
The real inequality gap
Via The Economist: …today’s rich increasingly pass on to their children an asset that cannot be frittered away in a few nights at a casino. It is far more useful than wealth, and invulnerable to inheritance tax. It is brains. Click the link to see more: Education and...
Why progress endures
Via Christian Science Monitor: …even if civilization is cyclical, progress is different. Progress doesn’t rise or fall. It accumulates day by day, century by century. Click the link to see more: Why progress endures - CSMonitor.com Some argue we don’t appreciate it...
Book Review: The Half-Life of Facts
Via Arts and Letters Daily and WSJ.com: The point, according to Samuel Arbesman, an applied mathematician and the author of the delightfully nerdy "The Half-Life of Facts," is that knowledge—the collection of "accepted facts"—is far less fixed than we assume. In every...
WTFlevel.com: Real-Time updates on Twitter Swearing
Via Trend Hunter WTFLevel.com is a project to track and monitor the amount of swearing on Twitter at any given moment. It's mostly a humorous attempt to get an idea of how aggravated the planet is at any moment. We continuously check Twitter for references to a list...
WTFlevel.com: Real-Time updates on Twitter Swearing
Via Trend Hunter WTFLevel.com is a project to track and monitor the amount of swearing on Twitter at any given moment. It's mostly a humorous attempt to get an idea of how aggravated the planet is at any moment. We continuously check Twitter for references to a list...
End of the doctor’s surgery | UK News | Express.co.uk – Home of the Daily and Sunday Express
Via Express.co.uk: A new system of “virtual clinics” is being planned in which GPs connect with patients via iPads and Skype, an idea that NHS bosses are importing from India. The reforms would save £2.9billion “almost immediately” and improve the lives of most...
End of the doctor’s surgery | UK News | Express.co.uk – Home of the Daily and Sunday Express
Via Express.co.uk: A new system of “virtual clinics” is being planned in which GPs connect with patients via iPads and Skype, an idea that NHS bosses are importing from India. The reforms would save £2.9billion “almost immediately” and improve the lives of most...
Martha Stewart inspires new wave of tech-savvy entrepreneurs
Via Seattle Times: Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, has faced some difficult blows lately: substantial financial losses and layoffs and cuts at its magazines and television programs. But Stewart, 71, the founder, has emerged as a patron saint for...