Saturday, July 26, 2014

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#yeswecode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KurMqWrXmU#t=123


Bob Moesta (@bmoesta)
7/24/14 8:58 PM
very powerful consequence of this thinking. well worth the watch.lnkd.in/b2MTReD



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/koch-brothers-education_n_5587577.html



Northern Colorado Regional effort underway for tourism project http://t.co/YRU7jcqxyc #noco #loveland via @JessicaMaherRH

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/MrsLauer/status/492645667517382656



Greg Satell (@Digitaltonto)
7/25/14 6:24 AM
How To Create A Culture Of Changep.ost.im/Ne8fdY



Bob Greenstein (@GreensteinCBPP)
7/24/14 2:56 PM
Here's why the Ryan "Opportunity Grant" would likely result in more #poverty and hardship, not less:bit.ly/1x8cO59

Chairman Ryan says he’s driven by evidence and research, his plan would jeopardize basic nutrition assistance for poor children, which research has shown is highly effective not only in reducing child malnutrition, but also in improving children’s long-term prospects.  A path-breaking recent study examined what occurred after food stamps gradually expanded nationwide

History clearly shows that when policymakers combine a number of programs into a block grant, federal funding typically declines over time, often dramatically.  That has occurred in most broad-based block grants of recent decades.  When a broad array of programs are

  When a broad array of programs are merged into a block grant, policymakers find it virtually impossible to identify a specific level of needed federal funding — or the likely human impact of program cuts.  As a result, the broad block grant often becomes easy to squeeze in the competition for federal budget dollars.

Lest we forget, the nation has made enormous strides in reducing hunger and malnutrition, especially among children, since the late 1960s, when child malnutrition and nutrition-related diseases in some parts of the United States were similar to those in some Third World countries.  SNAP’s entitlement nature lies at the heart of this success.  The single most troubling aspect of the Opportunity Gr


I thought wasn't true...?

various times over the past several decades that block-grant levels could be adjusted to reflect changes in need.  They almost always make such statements in the abstract, however.  No one has ever designed a workable formula to achieve that goal, and no experience or evidence supports the notion it can be done successfully.  Designing a block-grant formula that would effectively adjust for changes in need as the changes actually occur appears virtually impossible.



P2PU (@p2pu)
7/25/14 6:26 AM
New post: Badges @p2pu: An update and thoughts...wp.me/p2BvAm-VC


so much time investmemt in proving ourselves..our worth
imagine if we called that out


Michel Bauwens (@mbauwens)
7/25/14 6:29 AM
Evgeny Morozov on the dangers of Algorithmic Regulationblog.p2pfoundation.net/evgeny-morozov…




There are 18,600,000 vacant homes in the United States. That's enough for every homeless person to have six.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/CovHousePrez/status/492669638359416832



Snapchat stars? Huh. RT @mathewi RT @TheStalwart Snapchat stars are making up to $100,00 per week.http://t.co/RnrtcACKy9

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/492673415120031745



https://medium.com/message/the-secret-of-minecraft-97dfacb05a3c


I’m not a huge Minecraft player myself—my shelter never grew beyond the rough-hewn Robinson Crusoe stage—but I look at those books and, I tell you: I am eight years old again. I feel afresh all the impulses that led me towards books and writing, toward the fantastic and science-fictional… except now, there is this other door.
It’s made of blocks, I suppose.
“A generative, networked system laced throughout with secrets.”
What’s different here is that Minecraft connects this lure to the objective not of beating the game, but making more of the game.
“Game” doesn’t even do it justice. What we’re really talking about here is a generative, networked system laced throughout with secrets.
@mozzadrella same here. All credit goes to @ashaegupta for excellent curation. Quotes were from this, on minecraft:https://t.co/saViJppH8r

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/5hreyans/status/492712527415898112

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Shreyans Bhansali @5hreyans

30 years later, Papert's Mindstorms (esp. chapter 8) remains a relevant exploration of where education *should* be heading
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I just couldn't be happier that this is the stuff you're chewing on @5hreyans
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Shreyans Bhansali @5hreyans

@mozzadrella same here. All credit goes to @ashaegupta for excellent curation. Quotes were from this, on minecraft: medium.com/message/the-se…

. @jamesrbuk To be clear, I didn't criticize Google.  My critique is of a legal regime that forces Google to play this role.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/492728887605198849


.@jimmy_wales, who's on Google's independent panel on this, criticises the search giant over "right to be forgotten"http://t.co/50lmCmTiWb

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/492726571372118016



Facebook & Linkedin: lowest user-satisfaction among social network sites. Both depend on monopoly to hide fragility. http://t.co/Tl5mLbpE5M

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/492732229689548801

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depend on monopoly to hide fragility.


"Unless we figure out how to create more inclusive, dynamic and creative #cities we're gonna be in trouble"http://t.co/CtRNEvkyAp #NCS2014

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/newcitiesfound/status/492734782581641216



@funnymonkey I keep meaning to write about why Glass in edu is horrible. Then I read these stories and know it's so dumb I needn't bother

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/audreywatters/status/492735115164782592
unless we get out of the classrooms.. and glass simply becomes a personally fabricated wearable.. for talking to self.. et al.. feeding into ni. no?



@catherinecronin @kshjensen Think this will interest you. Third Space curated resources. http://t.co/YUn0Mzk053

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/MaryAnnReilly/status/492724393085530113







Singapore's Early Morning Free Transit Program Has Been a Huge Success - CityLab http://t.co/Kh6ZKqPj3J

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/KGreenbergTO/status/492786162453323776



http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/get-ready-for-generation-z/




.@tbeckett RT @AndyBacker #Supermarket comes up with brilliant way to keep #food from going to #waste.http://t.co/dzb9nq21v4 …

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/sandymaxey/status/493007123316768769



World Economic Forum (@davos)
7/26/14 3:00 AM
Why are "superstar" cities making income #inequality so much worse? wef.ch/1umc1kV #wef #citiespic.twitter.com/cJVBuNUudg
Actually, Harvard economist Edward Glaeser claims that the large poverty rates of central cities are a testimony of their success, not their failure: they attract poor households by catering better to their needs (Glaeser 2011).


Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep)
7/26/14 6:43 AM
Syria's hospital 601, Cambodia's prison S21. Tens of thousands tortured, killed, documented. Crimes against humanity. online.wsj.com/news/article_e…



Barry Wellman (@barrywellman)
7/26/14 6:44 AM
2/3 that cut across the traditional concepts of bounded groups (villages, families) & social categories that treat people as #Networked_p 40




Greg Satell (@Digitaltonto)
7/26/14 6:43 AM
Don’t Chase Unicornsp.ost.im/N9Nnt9

Both software and corruption can result in wealth

isn't part of billionaire silicon valley have (perhaps unknowingly) corrupted ..?
not sharing in returns.. where they received in first place...?
if so...
perhaps just more subtle... invisible... invasive....?

One of the things that makes myths so attractive is that they are not only unknown, but unknowable.  It was said that powder made from the horn of a unicorn had magical properties to purify water because… why not?  If impure water is a poorly understood problem, a fabricated solution provides hope, not to mention a profit opportunity.
In his book, The Tipping Point, author Malcolm Gladwell makes the same mistake with regard to social epidemics—viral cascades of ideas that are elusively transferred from one person to another.  He writes:
The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts.
He calls this his “Law of the Few” and it is very convincing.  We all know people who seem to have rare social gifts, such as those with lots of friends or the gift of gab, and it makes sense that that such “influentials” would play an important role in the spread of ideas. Unfortunately, influentials are a myth.
The truth is that social influence is quite complex and defies simple explanations.  Thescience of networks does offer a very effective framework for understanding social epidemics, but it is highly mathematical and somewhat counterintuitive, so most people are perfectly happy to chase the influential myth even though it’s all for naught.

The Washington Post's @BoothWilliam is using the 12-hour cease fire to photograph the devastation in Gaza. Look at his time-line.

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/493027862606532608


A great explanation of why collaborative credit is key to solving econ & eco crisis: http://t.co/b2XYZLmPFg by @jembendell

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/gorenflo/status/493064302711296000


Very interesting @WIRED piece on @tejucole's twitter fiction. http://t.co/o1vWkuzwfH http://t.co/DgRTZSNwfJ

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/aronsolomon/status/493065049238302720


Brave New World - the full length 3hr 1980 great movie - http://t.co/RaR9BGK3cA

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/StonyRiver/status/493084869971292160



"it’s incumbent upon society’s most privileged to interrogate our values relentlessly, because they are inevitably imposed on others."Y/N?

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/anya1anya/status/492432864613769216


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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya

"it’s incumbent upon society’s most privileged to interrogate our values relentlessly, because they are inevitably imposed on others."Y/N?
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sandymaxey @sandymaxey

@anya1anya Yes. Privilege creates a bubble that is marked by a paucity of empathy.
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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya

thx @sandymaxey i'm trying to figure out if this sentence says what i want it to say. Which is that the folks on top define "success".
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@anya1anya I've been wrestling w/this from an actionability/on-the-ground perspective. Hierarchies give way to new levels of hierarchy.