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There are a number of evolutionary explanations for the participants' behavior - and a number of practical implications. We evolved in a world with a day-night cycle and as a practical matter, darkness does conceal behavior, so it's no surprise that that protected feeling lingers in the unconscious whenever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Shady Deeds Are More Likely to Happen in the Dark | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

Furthermore, the fabled choice between liberty and security is not the same as the choice between privacy and security. The possession of privileged, personal information by the federal government is not in and of itself problematic; information by itself is harmless. Only the potential abuses that could result from such...

Author: By Karthik R. Kasaraneni and Dhruv K. Singhal | Title: Nothing to Hide | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

As for the 1960s hippie collective in Haight-Ashbury that shares the Diggers’ name: “We’re a little more institutional and stodgy than they, but it’s all the same idea: freedom and self-empowerment,” Lavin explained.

Author: By Katherine R. Banks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Digging for Intellectual Freedom | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

A couple months ago, high school senior Lauren Edelson penned a much-read New York Times op-ed decrying the misuse of sales strategies in college admissions outreach at Harvard, Boston college, Middlebury and others, specifically naming the tendency to liken one’s school to Hogwarts. As an...

Author: By Ayse Baybars | Title: Harvard: Home or Hogwarts | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

Indeed, what ineffective Harry Potter anecdotes and videos show us is that colleges cannot rely on specific mediums or gimmicks to do the personalizing for them; they must also focus on university-specific content. Harvard’s Admissions Office does in fact have a Harvard Video, but unlike Yale?...

Author: By Ayse Baybars | Title: Harvard: Home or Hogwarts | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

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