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Like water, gold simply can’t tell you what it used to be.

  • Favorite tweets: How to track and trace the…

    “ Favorite tweets: How to track and trace the spread of #Ebola. More Ebola infographics at http://t.co/yQwYRHtqza http://ift.tt/1sfdxRY — Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) October 15, 2014 ” – via http://ift.tt/M57ngX more ›

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  • Favorite tweets: ‘Calle #Juarez and Bellas Artes’…

    “ Favorite tweets: ‘Calle #Juarez and Bellas Artes’ a #soundwalk #location #recording in #Mexico #DF #SoundCloud #audio #travel #urban https://t.co/wb0Q4oIBcD — JvZ Audio (@jvzaudio) October 13, 2014 ” – via http://ift.tt/1sBPUpx more ›

  • Rain impressionism #2 / #Lisbon…

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  • Rain impressionism / #uptown / #Lisbon…

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  • The Socialist Origins of Big Data

    The Socialist Origins of Big Data In June, 1972, Ángel Parra, Chile’s leading folksinger, wrote a song titled “Litany for a Computer and a Baby About to Be Born.” Computers are like children, he sang, and Chilean bureaucrats must not abandon… more ›

  • Some notes on my cybernetic socialism essay

    Some notes on my cybernetic socialism essay » evgenymorozov: I’m lucky enough to occasionally contribute to the New Yorker, where I’ve published three essays so far – all in their “A Critic at Large” section. It’s an interesting and challenging… more ›

  • Weekend Read: The Imminent Decentralized Computing…

    Weekend Read: The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution A mega-trend is brewing that could make bureaucratic hierarchies, middlemen and gatekeepers everywhere obsolete including social networks, banks, stock exchanges, electronic voting systems and even governments. from http://ift.tt/1v0IBr1 more ›

  • Favorite tweets: Researchers Replicate…

    “ Favorite tweets: Researchers Replicate Alzheimer’s Brain Cells in a Petri Dish http://t.co/zU90BFh4t7 — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2014 ” – via http://ift.tt/pr1ud6 more ›

  • Favorite tweets: Comic book artist @Gingerhazing…

    “ Favorite tweets: Comic book artist @Gingerhazing is live-tweeting from the flight in LA with suspected Ebola patient. — Martin McClellan (@hellbox) October 12, 2014 ” – via http://ift.tt/wBIq0G more ›