Via a private share. Nonviolent resistance is more effective, history seems to indicate.
Aug
19
Aug
18
The Vikings had extensive trading networks and were strongly connected to the Mediterranean world and beyond.
The Vikings had extensive trading networks and were strongly connected to the Mediterranean world and beyond.
Originally shared by Laura Gibbs
This comes via Paul Hodson: very cool!
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-helgo-treasure-a-viking-age-buddha/#Vikings
Aug
17
To read later.
To read later.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
“Thousands of years from now whatever we evolve into, whatever we become, we’re going to look back at these next couple of decades as the moment in time that the human race moved off the planet irreversibly,” Diamandis said. “It’s on our watch. It’s right here, right now that we’re becoming a multiplanetary species which is an extraordinary thought.”
Aug
17
Remarkable stuff.
Remarkable stuff. I want to look more into the group helping people with disabilities enter the workforce when I have time.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
The Singularity University Global Summit in San Francisco this week brought brilliant minds together from all over the world to share a passion for using science and technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
Aug
16
Via Dave Higgins.
Via Dave Higgins.
There are plenty of angry people on the Internet right now who will tell you that their way to feel, to believe, to act about current events is the only right and proper way, and anyone who doesn’t do it exactly their way without the smallest deviation is a traitor to the cause, and part of the Other Side.
This article is a necessary corrective.
Originally shared by Austin Hackney
Aug
16
Note the specific mention of a closed door on certain science-fictional scenarios (though who’s to say that door…
Note the specific mention of a closed door on certain science-fictional scenarios (though who’s to say that door will remain closed)?
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Gene Editing in Human Embryos Leaps Forward—Here’s the Science http://suhub.co/2wNjH3y
Aug
15
Via Julia Thompson, something just crazy enough to work.
Via Julia Thompson, something just crazy enough to work.
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
An alternative to AntiFa
Read past the title. It is a way to defuse fascists, that’s worked in a place that knows from fascism.
I’m not fully convinced, but it may be another option.
For related history, see how Superman helped defeat the KKK.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/23157/how-superman-defeated-ku-klux-klan
https://thelongestway.com/2017/04/08/i-dont-like-the-antifa/
Aug
15
More humane drug testing.
More humane drug testing.
Originally shared by Deborah Teramis Christian
“Organ on a chip” – wow!
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/harvard-mit-liver-chip-narrows-gap-vitro-vivo-drug-tests-120088/
Aug
14
Jobs of the sort that are traditionally done by women – that is, jobs that require a human to respond to another…
Jobs of the sort that are traditionally done by women – that is, jobs that require a human to respond to another human in a flexible way – are the hardest to automate.
Laura Gibbs will probably like this one (apart from the MOOCs).
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Why Education Is the Hardest Sector of the Economy to Automate http://suhub.co/2vSbjSX
Aug
13
A little while back, for reasons I mean to explore in public eventually, I decided not to write romance novels -…
A little while back, for reasons I mean to explore in public eventually, I decided not to write romance novels – either under a female pseudonym or under my own name.
This piece goes into the interesting phenomenon of men using female names to sell crime thrillers, and why that might have some issues.