The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Rush & crush, this is. Teen Dies Saving Classmates From Suicide Bomber ABC, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Jan. 10, 2014 He was an average student from Hangu, a remote town in North Western Pakistan, but he has become a national hero. Aitzaz Hasan, 14, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school Monday and sacrificed his life …
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Smart, half the story, this is. The Death of Expertise I am (or at least think I am) an expert. Not on everything, but on many things in a particular but wide area of human knowledge, specifically social science and public policy. When I say something, I expect that my opinion holds more weight than …
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Smart, Romeo is. Why Big Data Doesn’t Live up to the Hype A new book heralds the promise that big data will reveal more and more about how we live our lives and what we think, but is it really that useful? EXTRACTS: It’s easy to exaggerate the importance of what such a tool could …
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Important, this is. The Cancer Divide India’s Efforts to Aid Poor Worry Drug Makers By GARDINER HARRIS New York Times, December 29, 2013 NEW DELHI — Alka Kudesia needs an expensive drug to treat her breast cancer, but refuses to tell her children for fear they will take out loans to buy the medicine and …
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Good, this is. FACEBOOK: the social networking site is ‘dead and buried’, replaced by simpler networks, a study says A study of how older teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is “not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried” and is being replaced by simpler social networks such as Twitter …
Sucks, college does… Students explore an entrepreneurial alternative to higher ed with Enstitute As the cost of higher education mounts, debt-laden students, cash-strapped parents and members of the media are asking: is traditional college still the answer? Correspondent Mona Iskander reports on Enstitute, a two-year apprenticeship program that matches 18- to 24-year-olds with some of …
Effect cause, this is. Humans may have caused world’s worst earthquakes PTI : London, Sun Dec 15 2013 Some of the world’s largest and most deadly recent earthquakes were not natural disasters at all but were caused by human activities such as mining, reservoir construction and oil and gas extraction, scientists say. A global study …
