Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Dad and his friend Lee Canfield were infamous in Chicago’s Burnham Harbor for blasting out German military marches as they sailed Lee’s boat, Go Bananas, out of the harbor into Lake Michigan. It wasn’t a problem with the combine; the boy’s 16 year old brother had left the combine running unattended. Cardinal Newman. That was my dad!

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Either they’re all in from the start—“What if AI solves all our problems?”—or We use it to assess whether predictions and AI may play a role in solving a particular problem. Chart Your Course webinars available on demand To get started, it helps to have in mind a problem you think might be solved by AI. That’s okay, too.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

On January 21, 2009, the White House issued the Transparency and Open Government Memorandum. The memorandum instructed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide guidance to executive departments and agencies on implementing open government. At Forum One, we are passionate about the open government initiative currently underway.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

It traverses the slum’s territory, listlessly gliding above the shanties, perhaps to transmit images to the Military Police Operations Centre, a violent state apparatus that mercilessly represses the slum’s inhabitants. 1 The worker remains unaware of what is taking place above them, just as they remain unaware of the purpose of their work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

I love listening to Barack Obama's podcasts because he gives me hope that there is at least one person in the US government who is reasonable, sane, intelligent and truly cares about people as humans, not just as voters who can keep him in or out of office. I've posted the transcript of the speech below and here is the link to listen to it online.

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