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  • The Philosophy Behind Amazon Web Services’ Cloud Strategy

    Amazon has a very interesting model. I am not saying that I recommend everyone use online shopping and let local retailers/wholesalers go by the wayside. But to understand what local shops are up against in the next 20 years, you need to think about more than just Wal-Mart & Sams.

  • Is Paul Ryan Making Americans More Favorably Inclined Toward Socialism? | The Nation

    …That reactionary Republicans get a little hysterical at the mention of the word “socialism” is not news. But the reaction to there reaction is. No two groups of Americans talk so much about socialism in so many public settings these days as Republican candidates and conservative commentators. And this appears…

  • The Irony of Right-Wing Secessionist Fantasies | The Nation

    In the wake of Obama’s victory, citizens in several states submitted petitions to secede from the United States. It is something of an irony that the very states seeking secession from “big government”—like Louisiana and Alabama—have been among the top beneficiaries of that selfsame government. Put bluntly, the government would…

  • Say No to Fracking | The Nation

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The early evidence from heavily fracked regions suggests that drilling and fracking operations represent a severe threat to the nation’s food security. See on www.thenation.com

  • ARTSblog » Blog Archive » STEM Promotes Science Instruction at the Expense of Humanities

    ARTSblog » Blog Archive » STEM Promotes Science Instruction at the Expense of Humanities

    My good sister & colleague Kelli Barr responded to the ARTSblog piece to which I posted a link the other day. Besides a response here at Reason & Existenz, she also wrote a longer reaction at ARTSblog. She goes into very intriguing detail. Very much worth the read as a…

  • Demographic Maps @ Patchwork Nation

    Super nice demographic maps on this site. Very well worth the time & effort to study them. As the votes from the 2012 election have trickled in, the size of President Obama’s victory has grown – it’s now more than 4 million votes. That count should signify two things to…

  • Dr Rupert Sheldrake: Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion

    In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. My concern here is with the bigger picture. I have been a scientist for more than 40 years, having studied at Cambridge and Harvard. I researched and taught at Cambridge University, was a research…

  • Language Learning Service Verbling Launches Google Hangouts-Powered Classes, Adds Support For 9 New Tongues

    Always good to have access to cheap ways to learn languages.

  • Textimony 20121127

    Textimony 20121127

        Accomplishing anything & doing something are two distinct, though not always independent, enterprises. Pay heed to which process you have given yourself over.

  • Originally posted on Notes On Liberty: Recently the UN voted to make the Palestinian territories as a “non-member observer state,” rather than a “non-member observer entity.” The vote was 73% to 5% with 22% abstaining. As I’ve previously noted, I think the UN is a now-worthless organization, and CNN gives…

  • The Constantly Rebooting Control-Jellyfish

    The Society of Control operates through constantly modulating networks which are interconnected by countless channels & circuits. A nice metaphor for the quasi-living structure that generates the Book of Life would be squids and jellyfish. …Perhaps the Economist should have chosen something besides squid to represent the four largest tech…

  • Survival of the biggest | The Economist

    Interesting cover for this week’s Economist. Survival of the biggest | The Economist.

  • The subscriptionization of everything >> Pandodaily

    This brings up an interesting point: why do we need to expend resources printing & distributing things that are outdated very quickly? One factor is that people are becoming more comfortable with the idea of not owning something as long as they know they will always have access to it.…

  • Following up on a Pandodaily reblog I did last week. Paul Carr is totally right: The founder of MailChimp did send a response that should be the template for other founders/CEOs who deal with real critiques of their business.

  • About Us | Open Culture

    I cannot sing the praises of this site enough. Go there and look around good friend of the Ether. What is Open Culture’s Mission? Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and…

  • Adoration, Anniversary >> Becoming Integral

    Congrats to Sam over at Becoming Integral on his blog’s one year anniversary. I have known Sam for a decade. His posts on his blog have been real highlight’s for me this year. Keep up the Loving Struggle good brother! And Happy Anniversary from Reason & Existenz. 8^) Adoration, Anniversary.

  • “STEM without flowers is just a bare stem…”

    “STEM without flowers is just a bare stem…”

    …which sometimes can have some BIG thorns… We need more engineers and scientists. That has become the mantra of promoters of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in education. There is nothing wrong with such a rallying cry, except that investment in STEM education usually comes at the expense of…

  • NYC fast-food workers walk out – Salon.com

    …New York Communities for Change organizing director Jonathan Westin told Salon the current effort is “the biggest organizing campaign that’s happened in the fast food industry.” A team of 40 NYCC organizers have been meeting with workers for months, spearheading efforts to form a new union, the Fast Food Workers…