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Big data is making social science truly predictive

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, 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 first place.” Eric Schmidt, CE… RT @Salon: Neuroimaging … Continue reading Big data is making social science truly predictive

Why conservatives ignored the data

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, 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, … Continue reading Why conservatives ignored the data

Roger Ebert on education: more content, fewer sports stadiums

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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 … Continue reading Roger Ebert on education: more content, fewer sports stadiums

Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Data Governance, Digital Health, 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… … Continue reading Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

Kids learn brands, not world

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Information Visualization, 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 … Continue reading Kids learn brands, not world