Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationFearing Web censorship, Rep.Darrell Issa tries the open-source alternative… But some, at least, are coming to the realization that open-source legislation might be the alternative to having legislation foisted upon them by lobbyists.Via www.salon.com
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Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future In the battle to lose weight, and keep it off, our bodies are fighting against us. This is a great article that reports on some of the more recent studies on loosing weight. Pretty much all the standard “solutions” are out of touch with the reality that the body will fight hard to…
Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future As our cars become networked—to the Internet and to one another—new trends in technology and society will redefine transportation. What’s certain: tomorrow’s automobiles will provide experiences that go well beyond driving.Via www.technologyreview.com
Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation The debate continues as to whether ISPs can effectively filter DNS results in order to protect brand and copyright holders from online infringement. What were debating now is just whether controlling DNS at the ISP level would work at all and whether the attempt to insert such controls would damage Secure DNS (sometimes called…
Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future Dead-end experiments. Useless drugs. Unneeded surgery. The truth is, our scientific stories about causation are shadowed by all sorts of mental shortcuts. Not really science, just the way our assumptions get in the way of the scientific process.Via www.wired.com
Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future Science fiction writers and fans are prone to lauding the predictive value of the genre, prompting weird questions like ‘‘How can you write science fiction today? Aren’t you worried that real science will overtake your novel before it’s published?’’ This question has a drooling idiot of a half-brother, the strange assertion that ‘‘science fiction…