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...have memory that goes for generations. I was struck by an LA Times article that I saw from 1886, after the Los Angeles housing bubble. The writer said something like Californians have learned. Never again will we allow real estate speculation to go so far. And he was kind of right. I don't think California had another massive real estate bubble until the 1970s. After a hundred years, we're allowed to forget, right...
Some public-health experts say this kind of user-fueled data-tracking may start to help government health officials' efforts to recognize outbreaks. Real-time warnings would allow authorities to stay well ahead of potential pandemics, prepare local populations with appropriate prevention and treatment, and reduce overall illness and deaths. The Google Flu Trends service, which was launched in the U.S. in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is now working with Mexican officials to track search trends in that country. The goal is to help authorities discern whether and where the disease is spreading, getting...
...middle. I have a lot of respect for Jeff Sessions, but he would be insulted if somebody called him a moderate," said Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat. "So I'm not sure that, as we work on nominations to the Supreme Court, that this is going to allow this to be as bipartisan as we all want this to be." And the cable-TV channels have been full of speculation that the GOP might be making a mistake by turning to Sessions to be its face at the confirmation hearings, considering the ugly accusations that his selection dredges...
...office, Obama signed an Executive Order calling for all departments and agencies to "establish a system of transparency, public participation and collaboration." At the same time, White House lawyers, working with other federal agencies, sought to create new "terms of use" agreements with private companies that would allow government to sign up for social networks like MySpace, YouTube and Facebook as if they were just another person. What was once the sole domain of adventuresome government agencies and officials soon became standard policy...
...help set their own compass, customizing the site so they receive a stream of information relevant to their individual interests and, maybe, beliefs, à la Facebook. They can also contribute to the weekly debates via public discussion forums, which are monitored by both software programs and live editors to allow for free speech but not animosity. "Maybe the monopoly of clerical authority is threatened," says Brown, referring to a topic he'd like to address on Patheos. But in our diverse society, where people have increasingly been turning online for spiritual guidance, maybe it already has been...