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Standardized Testing: The Monster That Ate American Education
Megan Erickson
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Why Do People Become Digital Pirates?
Orion Jones
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How Twitter May Save Democratic Society
Orion Jones
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Paul Ryan, Individual Liberty, and the Fate of Medicare
Cody Adams
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It's Your Data: Why Facebook Should Pay You
Orion Jones
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The Legacy of 9/11: "A Low Dishonest Decade" or "A Testament of What it Means To Be An American"?
On September 11, 2001, Americans were challenged, we were assaulted, we were able to turn to each other and ask for help. And that "is one of the greatest testaments to what it means to be an American."
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Social Media Pacify the Masses
In a study of recent protests across the Arab world, Yale researcher Navid Hassanpour found that crowds became more active when access to social media was cut by the government.
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Why People Give False Confessions
Of 271 people exonerated by D.N.A. evidence since 1992, around a quarter of people had confessed or pleaded guilty to the offences of which they were accused.
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Fooling Government Internet Censors
A new approach to overcoming state-level Internet censorship relies, ironically enough, on a technique that security experts have frequently associated with government surveillance.
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Women Would Lead a More Peaceful World
about 16 hours ago
What's the Latest Development? Were more women in positions of political power, the Earth would be a more peaceful place, says former secretary of defense Joseph Nye. Referencing Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker's latest book, Nye says women's evolutionary role in society has emphasized skills ... Read More
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Sugar Coating: What Your Doctor Really Prescribes
1 day ago
What's the Latest Development? A new Harvard study calls into question our assumption that medicine is one of the most honest professions. In a survey of 1,900 doctors from across the country, 55 percent said they had been overly optimistic about a patient's prognosis and 10 percent said they ... Read More
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FU Asks: Should the Government Fund the Arts?
2 days ago
Welcome to a new feature on the Floating University blog, FU Asks, where we open up the academic debate on our e-learning platform to the Big Think community. This week we're featuring a discussion prompt from Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and conductor of the American Symphony ... Read More
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Paul Ryan, Individual Liberty, and the Fate of Medicare
5 days ago
Just as Mitt Romney appears to be wrapping up the Republican nomination for the presidency, congressional Republicans are taking steps to set up their own political framework for the 2012 election. In short, the future of Medicare is on the line and a Romney vs. Obama match-up will surely address ... Read More
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Standardized Testing: The Monster That Ate American Education
7 days ago
What's the Big Idea? As the Assistant Secretary of Education in the first Bush administration, Educational historian Diane Ravitch became known for her push to establish national standards for K-12 education. From 1997-2004, she served as a member of the National Assessment Governing Board ... Read More
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Julian Assange To Host Talk Show On Russia Today
17 days ago
Julian Assange: Establishment outsider. Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Talk show host? Apparently so. The Australian founder of controversial website WikiLeaks will be at the helm of "The World Tomorrow," a series comprised of 10 interviews with "key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries," to ... Read More
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Will Protests Spark Real Change in Russia?
about 1 month ago
What's the Latest Development? In the fortnight since the Bolotnaya rally, the Russian government response has gone from panicked to largely symbolic gestures and now to the start of something akin to actual concessions and real change, says Julia Ioffe. With thousands more at this weekend's ... Read More
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Digitalization of Data Raises Theft Risk
about 1 month ago
What's the Latest Development? As patient records are increasingly digitized,, an unintended consequence is that health data breaches are surging. The number of reported breaches is up 32 percent this year from last year, according to a security research group. These breaches cost the industry ... Read More
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What it's Like when the Net Giants 'Defriend' You
about 1 month ago
What's the Latest Development? The growing problem of innocent Web users triggering false positive results in fraud detection algorithms, and the inadequate or inexistent appeal processes they then encounter. Businesses have little recourse–or human contact–when trying to resolve disputes with ... Read More
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Growing Insurgency in Syria
about 1 month ago
What's the Latest Development? Ninw months into Syria's uprising and the peaceful protests against the regime of Bashar Assad are now accompanied by a growing insurgency. Activists say that 27 loyalists were killed on Thursday in clashes with army defectors in the southern Hauran region. A day ... Read More
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