Bitcoin
It has been a roller coaster ride for Bitcoin over the past few months. Bitcoin rose in value from $33 at the end of February (then an all-time high) to a peak of nearly $266 on April 10, followed by the crash of as much as 70 percent.
Continue reading… “Are we looking at a Bitcoin revolution?”
National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland.
New York Times: The revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans’ phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism, have not enraged most Americans. Lulled, perhaps, by the Obama administration’s claims that these “modest encroachments on privacy” were approved by Congress and by federal judges, public opinion quickly migrated from shock to “meh.”
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Business in China are swamped with job applications from college graduates but have few jobs to offer.
The headline in he New York Times read “Degrees, but No Guarantees.” However, the story was not about the students graduating from American universities this season. Instead, it was about Chinese grads. Chinese businesses are swamped by job applications from graduating students but have few jobs to offer. As bad as our economy seems for our own grads, their prospects are better than China’s.
Continue reading… “The Chinese skills disconnect may be an opportunity for us”
The U.S. loves religion and spirituality.
A German non-profit, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, researches, publishes, and “stimulates debate” on a variety of societal issues. They just released the results of their 2013 Religion Monitor in which they analyzed responses to a 100-question survey regarding religion/politics completed by 14,000 individuals in 13 countries.
Continue reading… “50% of Americans find Atheism ‘threatening’: Survey”
Futurist Thomas Frey: A thousand years from now, what is it that the human race will need to have accomplished?
Yes, I realize that this is a huge question and many of you reading this are living paycheck-to-paycheck worrying about who’s going to win the big game this weekend. But if we don’t begin to frame our role of humanity inside a much bigger picture, we are likely to remain in sputter-mode until we eventually do.
Continue reading… “In Search of Humanity’s Prime Directive”
Minimalist running
President-elect John F. Kennedy lamented the state of the nation’s fitness in an article under his byline for Sports Illustrated in December 1960, “The Soft American.” As president he exhorted citizens to plunge into activities like 50-mile hikes.
Continue reading… “Rise of the minimalist workout”
Obesity has been classified as a disease in the U.S.
The American Medical Association, last week, voted to classify obesity as a disease. But is being fat the same thing as being sick? The decision came at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA).
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How young is too young to teach children computer programming?
What is the right age to learn to code? Three female designers living in Sweden have developed a new website and interactive e-book, “My First Website,” to help toddlerslearn to code.
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What famous brand comes to mind when you think of California? Is it Apple? Facebook? Google? Or some movie studio? What about Texas? New York? Florida? These are the most famous brands of each state. The Corporate States of America, if you will.
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Engineering majors in particular have the highest median earnings out of college.
According to a recent report from Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (aka STEM) majors still have the best overall job prospects.
Continue reading… “The best and worst majors for earning money”
Second Life provides startups with a few hard but valuable lessons on the realities of creating products and building audiences.
The once-trendy virtual world Second Life officially turns 10 years old this week. It’s been years since its initial hype wave. Many technorati thought it would be as important to the internet as Facebook itself and many may even be surprised that SL still exists. In fact, the pioneering VR world is both profitable and maintains a relatively large userbase for a 3D online world.
Continue reading… “Second Life officially turns 10 years old”
IT is transforming the world.
The many forces reshaping the way we work and live these days all have one thing in common: They are all the result of the transformative effect of IT. Such forces of change have recently been documented by Michael Chui and a team of co-authors from McKinsey Global Institute, who point to the way IT is transforming the world. They also say some good things about the DaVinci Coders program.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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