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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

His “Law of Amplification” was particularly insightful: “technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces.” People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India.

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New Pew Research Report: The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On the one hand, several of my friends feel more in touch because they are sharing memes, feel they are sharing witty things ‘on the spot,’ but there is less going into depth. Regulate: Governments and/or industries should create reforms through agreement on standards, guidelines, codes of conduct, and passage of laws and rules.

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Revenge of the Female Nerds: Myth Busting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" The lecture took place at Harvard Law School , and what follows is my liveblogging of that lecture. She suggested that we "propagate memes" - as she called to the bloghers in the room - go forth and propogate memes! Female nerds need to organize.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

site we had to be compliant with Chinese law. They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. We already have universal access provisions for things like telephones. Susan Pointer: It was absolutely based on what would provide the most access to our users there. What that means is that in order to set up the.cn

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