Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense

Seeded on Sun Jul 8, 2007 2:11 PM EDT (Wired News)

Individually, most Twitter messages are stupefyingly trivial. But the true value of Twitter [...] is cumulative. The power is in the surprising effects that come from receiving thousands of pings from your posse.

technology, twitter, new-media, social-networking, blogging, microblogging, proprioception, culture, web-2-0

Crafting a New Framework for the 21st Century | The New America Foundation

Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 11:30 PM EDT (newamerica.net)

America's social contract -- the complex, largely unwritten deal between workers, employers, and government that gives individuals the security they need to navigate a dynamic economy -- is eroding. The New America Foundation has launched an ambitious initiative intended to desi …

politics, social-contract, america

Three Cheers For Nervous Hand-Wringing

Seeded on Wed Jul 4, 2007 11:49 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Politics isn't for equivocators. At the elite level, there's pressure to prove oneself the surest and smartest person in the room. ...in an age of warring certainties, of dogmas gone ballistic, uncertainty is viewed as the shaky prelude to going wobbly.

politics, reason, logic, critical-thinking

First baby born from egg matured in lab and frozen

Seeded on Mon Jul 2, 2007 8:32 AM EDT (Reuters)

The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.

science, test-tube-babies, ivf