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Information Diet A Case for Conscious Consumption

Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureA book by Clay Johnson…   With this book, you’ll learn: * The relationship between power, authority, and information since the dawn of the first major information-technology boom * How people react to information consumption, according to cognitive science and neuroscience findings * How the new, information-abundant society is suffering consequences from poor information consumption…

Learning high-performance tasks with no conscious effort may soon be possible (w/ video)

Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureNew research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to decoded fMRI neurofeedback to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no conscious effort. It’s the kind of thing seen in Hollywood’s “Matrix” franchise.Via medicalxpress.com

NASA clears SpaceX for trial run to space station

Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureSpaceX, a private company, will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new U.S.   To encourage commercial cargo runs, NASA has hired SpaceX and a second company, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. to fly cargo to the space station, a $100 billion project of 16…

Indefinite military detention for U.S. citizens now in the hands of a secretive conference committee – Blog – OpenCongress

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationWith the House having voted 406-17 to “close” portions of the meetings and avoid public scrutiny, members from both chambers and both parties are meeting in a secretive conference committee to work on reconciling the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.   On the military detention provision, their main task is going…