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Seeing For the Very First Time: Ambient Social Networking
We all know popular websites like Facebook and Twitter as examples of how people keep in touch with others via the Internet. We now live a world with an added layer: a virtual existence. You’re on a...
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The Boiling Point of Aaron Swartz’s Suicide
The more I read about Aaron Swartz, the more he seemed like a hero from an Ayn Rand novel. Unfortunately, accompanying his Randian hero-like intelligence, moral IQ, and frustration that the rest of the...
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These Pictures are Unreal
On a site I hadn’t heard of, but apparently a bunch of others have, I was fortunate to stumble upon some amazing photographs–ones that make you take a step back and realize that, no, you haven’t seen...
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Privilege vs. Rights: an Important Distinction
When I was in grade school, Mr. Dexter, the bus mechanic, gave a speech to us kids about proper bus safety and how if we didn’t comply, we wouldn’t be allowed the transport. He’d say with authority,...
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Adventures in Subbing: The Achievement Gap
I sat on a tiny chair while the 22 Kindergarteners I was assisting this day sat cross-legged on the large, plush map-of-the-world rug in the corner of their room. Their teacher sat before them in her...
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I walked into the class knowing that it would be a little tougher than other places I taught. I based this hunch on the location, and it was confirmed when I arrived and administrators told me the...
View ArticleLawmakers Should Be Held Responsible for Harmful Laws
In America, people are required to repay others when they harm them–intentional or accidental. If a bicycle manufacturer produces a bike with a bad pedal, and it causes you to break your leg, you have...
View ArticleAdventures in Subbing: Inner City School pt 2
Part one was about the hoopla; this post is about the nuts and bolts of the student struggles in North Minneapolis. When the 6th and 7th graders I taught this day eventually got down to work (which...
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In the Not-Now
What does it say about Americans that the public is already starting to talk about candidates for president for 2016? Eckhart Tolle wrote in his book The Power of Now that mankind is threatened by our...
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Will 3D Printing Make Gun Laws Useless?
It’s pretty tough to enforce a law that regulates something when people can make that thing in their homes. 3D printing is on the cusp of taking the world by storm. The technology is being brought up...
View ArticleContinual (Solar-Powered) Economic Growth
Last Saturday I attended an event at the University of Minnesota showcasing professors and their research. Each gave a presentation and took questions from the audience. One spoke about depression...
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Body Parts Sale
Finally, we get the answer to the question we’ve all been dying to know: how much are my body parts worth? And we get the answer is this awesome infographic courtesy of medicaltranscription.net. Before...
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The List: America’s Most Common Names
Sure, we all know Smith and Johnson, but what about the rest of the top ten? A surprisingly cool website, names.whitepages.com, gives us a look at all names–first and last–in the U.S. This site really...
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No $ for Adult Bookstores
The story might seem a bit ho-hum at first: a bank decides not to lend to businesses it deems unethical. But hold on. How do you interpret the actions of a big bank not lending to certain businesses?...
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Steubenville: Another Window into the Soul of American Justice
Each high-profile court case in America provides a stage for the media and public to act out their stance on justice. This time, the noteworthy performances were the cheers on Twitter and the angry...
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End of Extinction?
In the future, we might be able to worry about one less thing: extinction. This goes for species whose numbers are currently low, but also for those which no longer walk the earth. Advances made now...
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The Snap Heard ‘Round the World
The human body is a mystery. Phenomena occur all the time that have doctors scratching their heads. A friend of mine recently had a golf ball-sized tumor in his brain dissolve after plaguing him for...
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Super Heroes
I bumped into a cool site that lists the scientists whose discoveries have saved the most lives. There are over 100 scientists named and divided into “clubs” such as the 100,000 club. I’ll share a few...
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Is Addiction a Disease?
With all the reality TV such as “My Strange Addiction”, ”Celebrity Rehab”, and “Hoarders”, there’s never been a time when addiction has been more widely observed. Additionally, I’ve noticed from...
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Apply To Go To Mars: A Look at the Applicants
I write on this blog about reaching new plateaus. The Dutch company Mars One wants to take humanity to new planets. I wrote a couple months ago about this extraordinary mission which I believe has the...
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