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What might those things be? Take the case Benkler makes in his 2006 book, The Wealth of Networks (available, free, at www.benkler.org) for the economic benefits of "peer production" of software and other information products--from journalism to scientific research to videos of people mixing Mentos and Diet Coke. Peer production by people who donate small or large quantities of their time and expertise isn't necessarily great at generating the original and the unique, but it's very good for improving existing products (like software) and bringing together dispersed information (Wikipedia). Often better, in Benkler's telling, than corporations...
...BCBG Max Azria show. No more small venues: this is the big top, reserved for the most prominent designers. Vast, shadowy, and crammed with people, the atmosphere in “The Tent” resembles that of a circus or Roman Colosseum lion show. Spectators peer down at the extra-long runway. The photographers at the head of the show are so crowded that their faces are entirely hidden behind a wall of camera lenses. We have been looking forward to seeing BCBG, which has probably outfitted every Harvard girl for at least one homecoming, prom, or formal. This...
Teaching fellow performance has joined eating concerns, sexual health questions, and peer support networks in the realm of Harvard student hotlines. A new e-mail domain allowing student feedback on TF performance went live at 11:59 last night, after being arranged and approved by the Undergraduate Council (UC). Students who want to relay concerns—or compliments—about particular TFs can now send an e-mail to TF@hcs.harvard.edu and have their comments addressed confidentially and promptly, according to a bill unanimously passed by the UC yesterday. Crucial to the implementation of “The Teaching...
Harvard has a new tactic to combat college drinking—it’s called peer pressure. The brand new Office for Alcohol and Other Drug Services (AODS) has championed a “social norms” approach to alcohol abuse, theorizing that since “college students tend to grossly overestimate the number of their peers who engage in high-risk alcohol consumption,” providing data will correct this misconception and make people think twice before drinking. Great, except that if anyone stops and thinks twice at these numbers, it becomes abundantly clear that...
...Peer through the small window of one of Apollo Diamond's canister-like reactors, and it might seem as if you're staring at something from out of this world. The inside of the cramped chamber is bathed in a magenta glow more befitting a Los Angeles nightclub than a science lab. Evenly arrayed on a small plate at the center of this colorful haze are what looks like 16 lozenges burning with an even deeper pink...