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Iron manning, again

By View all posts by John Casey → April 9, 2012

The iron man works like the straw man. You take an argument (or an arguer), distort his argument, pick an urepresentative feature of his argument, or you invent an…

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True Innovation

By JON GERTNER Feb. 25, 2012

“INNOVATION is what America has always been about,” President Obama remarked in his recent State of the Union address. It’s hard to disagree, isn’t it? We live in a world dominated by innovative…

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The Fear of Reason

By Death and the Dishwasher The Explored Recesses The Fear of Reason

I just want to point out, declared the student at the far end of the seminar table, that when Maimonides offers a proof of God s existence, he is not saying that he has really proved it. What he s…

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Man discovers a new life-form at a South African truck stop

By Rob Dunn

Like many biologists, the German biologist Oliver Zompro spends thousands of hours looking at specimens of dead animals. He found his first new species when he was twenty. By the age of thirty he…

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Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden

By MARK MAZZETTI, HELENE COOPER and PETER BAKER May 2, 2011

President Obama and members of his national security team receiving an update on Sunday. A classified document in front of Hillary Rodham Clinton was blurred before this photo was released. More…

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The Most Wanted Face of Terrorism

By KATE ZERNIKE and MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN May 2, 2011

FREEDOM FIGHTER Osama bin Laden in 1989 with anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan as he was building his terrorism network, with American help. Osama bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan on Monday,…

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The Arab World's Agents of Change

By JEFFREY D. SACHS March 28, 2011

I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor There can be no doubt about the core of the revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Middle East. As John F. Kennedy said in another context 50 years ago, the torch is…

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In Deference to Crisis, a New Obsession Sweeps Japan

By KEN BELSON and NORIMITSU ONISHI March 27, 2011

An appliance store in Tokyo operated under dimmed lights to save electricity, part of a national push toward conservation after the tsunami and nuclear crisis. TOKYO Even in a country whose people…

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7 Ways Larry Page Is Defining Google's Future

Illustrations by Ron Kurniawan How new CEO Larry Page will lead the company he co-founded into the future. Tarsorrhaphy. It's not Helen of Troy or the assassination of an archduke, but this…

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A Delta Pilot's Japan Earthquake Story

By APC March 21, 2011

Diverted aircraft parked at Yokota Air Base Disclosure: I pulled this story from a company bulletin board and did not write it myself. It's a very interesting read and one I thought you would enjoy.…

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What the right means when it calls NPR "liberal"

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship March 25, 2011

AP/Salon Rush Limbaugh Like Jake LaMotta and his brother Joey in the bloody boxing classic "Raging Bull," we are gluttons for punishment. So here we are again, third week in a row, defending NPR…

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You Are Solving The Wrong Problem « Aza on Design

There is some problem you are trying to solve. In your life, at work, in a design. You are probably solving the wrong problem. Paul MacCready, considered to be one of the best mechanical engineers…

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Navigating in a Long-Distance Affair

By MICHAEL PARKER March 17, 2011

Modern Love THAT there were 1,200 miles and several states between us meant constant motion: planes, taxis, buses, trams. And a lot of sitting around waiting in airports, for cabs, for one of us to…

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What Indonesian Women Taught Me in a Week

By Sarah Lacy is an award-winning reporter who has covered high-growth entrepreneurship for fifteen years. Based in Silicon Valley where she's a senior editor at TechCrunch, Lacy travels the world looking for great entrepreneurs. Learn more »

(Crossposted from TechCrunch) JAKARTA I m mid-way through a trip to Indonesia at the request of the State Department, and I m finding a hard time putting the experience into words. You d think after…

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HCI:20 and me « John’s Blog

March 15, 2011

This post is a little bit random some reflections on my own past triggered by an event at Stanford might be of general interest, might be of interest just to me. That s sort of why I blog. Anyway, a…

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The Forgotten Half of the African Sky by Juliet Torome

2011-03-15 The Forgotten Half of the African Sky NAIROBI - In Kenya, my home country, there is a popular saying that when two elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers. Nowhere is that more…

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Gains for NPR Are Clouded

By DAVID CARR March 14, 2011

The Media Equation The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism will issue its annual State of the Media report on Monday, and you will be unsurprised to learn that journalism remains in broad…

techcrunch.com 3min

Finally, a Startup Visa That Works

March 14, 2011

In my last post about the Startup Visa, I was very critical of the Kerry Lugar legislation . That s because it required immigrant entrepreneurs to raise at least $250,000 in financing for their…

globalvoicesonline.org 8min

On Catastrophes and Miracles, a Personal Account · Global Voices

March 14, 2011

This post is part of our special coverage Japan Earthquake 2011 . Personal stories of survival are beginning to be told by bloggers in the aftermath of the earthquake that shook Japan on Friday 11…

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Journalism vs Churnalism Battle Rages On

March 13, 2011

TechCrunch has learned that John Montorio has been named Culture and Entertainment Editor for Aol s Huffington Post Media Group content division. Montorio is a 30-year veteran of two of the country…

guardian.co.uk 10min

Drugs, murder and redemption: the gangs of Caracas

March 10, 2011

It started one humid afternoon when a seven-year-old boy flicked something out of a schoolbus window at a teenager on Garc a de Sena street. Some say it was a piece of popcorn, others a rolled up…

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Anatomy of a Crushing (Pinboard Blog)

Pinboard Blog Anatomy of a Crushing A number of people asked about the technical aspects of the great Delicious exodus of 2010, and I've finally had some time to write it up. Note that times on all…

Iron manning, again

True Innovation

The Fear of Reason

Man discovers a new life-form at a South African truck stop

Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden

The Most Wanted Face of Terrorism

The Arab World's Agents of Change

In Deference to Crisis, a New Obsession Sweeps Japan

7 Ways Larry Page Is Defining Google's Future

A Delta Pilot's Japan Earthquake Story

What the right means when it calls NPR "liberal"

You Are Solving The Wrong Problem « Aza on Design

Navigating in a Long-Distance Affair

What Indonesian Women Taught Me in a Week

HCI:20 and me « John’s Blog

The Forgotten Half of the African Sky by Juliet Torome

Gains for NPR Are Clouded

Finally, a Startup Visa That Works

On Catastrophes and Miracles, a Personal Account · Global Voices

Journalism vs Churnalism Battle Rages On

Drugs, murder and redemption: the gangs of Caracas

Anatomy of a Crushing (Pinboard Blog)

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