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Geek Heresy

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His “Law of Amplification” was particularly insightful: “technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces.” When the personal computers were first dropped into American schools, they didn’t have the desired impact because the supporting environment wasn’t there. I found this to be an eminently sensible approach.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even in the tough fiscal environment in Washington, we get good hearings from both Republicans and Democrats. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. The Marrakesh Treaty.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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To me, that sort of sums up something very special about the way in which we try to make these resources accessible to women-led initiatives that are often some of the most creative that we are seeing on issues ranging from the environment, to health, to education, to building peace and sustainable communities around the world.

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