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Curated News - The ‘Busy’ Trap

September 21, 2013

“Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do,” wrote Thomas Pynchon in his essay on sloth. Archimedes’ “Eureka” in the bath, Newton’s apple, Jekyll & Hyde and the benzene ring: history is full of stories of inspirations that come in idle moments and dreams. It almost makes you wonder whether loafers, goldbricks and no-accounts aren’t responsible for more of the world’s great ideas, inventions and masterpieces than the hardworking.”

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Curated News - Hamptons McMansions Herald a Return of Excess

August 27, 2013

“But most of all, he credits the Federal Reserve for the economic stimulus, which he said has helped the wealthy most of all. “The stock market’s flying through the roof and who’s that helping, the middle class? No, I mean that’s the reality,” he said. “Out here, life goes on.”

via Hamptons McMansions Herald a Return of Excess

Curated News - Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down

August 18, 2013

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Curated News - Mobile Is Helping To Spur The Next Revolution In Health Care — The Transfer Of Power To Consumers And Patients

August 08, 2013

“Vinod Khosla has said: “The fundamental change in health care is the transfer of power to the consumers, and helping them become the CEO of their own health.”

via Mobile Is Helping To Spur The Next Revolution In Health Care — The Transfer Of Power To Consumers And Patients

Curated News - DaveNet : Transcendental Money

August 05, 2013

“Probe your dreams at a deeper level and see if you can’t find a way to do the things you want to do with your life, even if you have no money. You can save yourself a lot of years, learning the old adage, money doesn’t buy happiness.”

via DaveNet : Transcendental Money

Curated News - What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows - NYTimes.com

July 09, 2013

“Nostalgia made me feel that my life had roots and continuity. It made me feel good about myself and my relationships. It provided a texture to my life and gave me strength to move forward.”

via What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows - NYTimes.com

Curated News - MIT project lets you mine your email to map out your digital life — Tech News and Analysis

July 05, 2013

“If nothing else, Immersion does a great job at showing users how much personal data is hiding in plain sight.”

via MIT project lets you mine your email to map out your digital life — Tech News and Analysis

Curated News - MIT project lets you mine your email to map out your digital life — Tech News and Analysis

July 05, 2013

“little things on the internet can make big statements about your life when it’s combined into a single pile”

via MIT project lets you mine your email to map out your digital life — Tech News and Analysis

Curated News - Disruptions: Social Media Images Form a New Language Online - NYTimes.com

July 01, 2013

“This is a watershed time where we are moving away from photography as a way of recording and storing a past moment,” said Robin Kelsey, a professor of photography at Harvard, and we are “turning photography into a communication medium.”

via Disruptions: Social Media Images Form a New Language Online - NYTimes.com

Curated News - This is what the world will look like In 2045 - Here comes tomorrow - FORTUNE

June 28, 2013

“The number of neuron clusters and neural networks in the neocortex is finite, Kurzweil says — there’s quite literally a limit to what we can store and retrieve in the human brain. But with a direct line to the cloud, our brains could theoretically access infinite information and infinite processing power.”

via This is what the world will look like In 2045 - Here comes tomorrow - FORTUNE

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“But most of all, he credits the Federal Reserve for the economic stimulus, which he said has helped the wealthy most of all. “The stock market’s flying through the roof and who’s that helping, the middle class? No, I mean that’s the reality,” he said. “Out here, life goes on.”

“I would strongly recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States”

“Vinod Khosla has said: “The fundamental change in health care is the transfer of power to the consumers, and helping them become the CEO of their own health.”

“Probe your dreams at a deeper level and see if you can’t find a way to do the things you want to do with your life, even if you have no money. You can save yourself a lot of years, learning the old adage, money doesn’t buy happiness.”

“Nostalgia made me feel that my life had roots and continuity. It made me feel good about myself and my relationships. It provided a texture to my life and gave me strength to move forward.”

“If nothing else, Immersion does a great job at showing users how much personal data is hiding in plain sight.”

“little things on the internet can make big statements about your life when it’s combined into a single pile”

“This is a watershed time where we are moving away from photography as a way of recording and storing a past moment,” said Robin Kelsey, a professor of photography at Harvard, and we are “turning photography into a communication medium.”