Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Political scientist Bob Putnam is photographed at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Putnam recently wrote a book about the inequality of opportunity for children titled “Our Kids.” (Damian Strohmeyer for The Washington Post) SWARTHMORE, Penn. — Robert Putnam wants a show of hands of everyone in the room with a parent who graduated from…
SHARING BUTTONS CONTENT OF THE POST Unindexed is an online community that anyone can contribute to; it runs a back-end process that continuously scours Google for signs that it has been indexed, and securely erases itself once it discovers evidence of same. It’s a cute art project (as opposed to a cute engineering project, which…
The New York Times reported last week that 10 states are currently considering measures to allow people to carry firearms on college campuses. In Nevada, the Republican assemblywoman who sponsored the bill has argued that arming students amounts to a kind of rape prevention. “If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I…
Secretary of the Navy John Lehman (right) promotes Grace Hopper to the rank of commodore in a ceremony at the White House with President Ronald Reagan. Pete Souza/Courtesy of ESPN Films hide caption itoggle caption Pete Souza/Courtesy of ESPN Films Secretary of the Navy John Lehman (right) promotes Grace Hopper to the rank of commodore…
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people. Video provided by AFP Newslook Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau makes a statement at an undisclosed location in this screengrab taken from video on…
Let’s see what happens when we shrink the filter bubble. Every person you follow or block, every app you use, you’re making a trade-off, the hope that this new stream of information will give you exactly what you need in exchange for closing yourself off a little more from the rest of the world. There…
‘Five very different kids, struggling to define themselves against the stereotypes projected onto them by parents and peers, spend Saturday detention together in the school library.’ Photograph: c.MCA/Everett / Rex Features/c.MCA/Everett / Rex Features The year was 1985. I was drinking a shandy, a lukewarm mocktail of beer and lemonade that proclaimed to the world,…
The MP3, the file type of most songs you listen to on a computer, is compressed. Part of the reason people love vinyl records so much (even though they don’t necessarily sound “better” than digital formats), is that they are closer in format to the way you would actually hear a song if you were standing…
coming of age One of the largest generations in history is about to move into its prime spending years. Millennials are poised to reshape the economy; their unique experiences will change the ways we buy and sell, forcing companies to examine how they do business for decades to come. Millennials Infographic.
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Last week was the first ever National Adjunct Walkout Day, a grassroots protest to push for fair pay and better working conditions. Protests and teach-ins took place on as many as 100 campuses nationwide, prompting at least one university to create a task force to address labor concerns. It’s little wonder that a national movement has sprung up…