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Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes?

August 7, 2011 by  
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Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens.

Larry Lessig: Of by 4

August 6, 2011 by  
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Starting with Thoreau and moving through the cost of sugar versus corn and diabetes, Lawrence Lessig gives a compelling and visually breathtaking presentation on the impact of campaign cash on the policies of the US. His message: We need citizens to take back our democracy.

Dave Haynes: Everybody’s a Musicmaker

August 5, 2011 by  
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Dave Haynes is UK manager for SoundCloud, a cloud-based music platform that allows music professionals to easily distribute, share and stream audio over the web.

Larry Lessig: Re-examining the Remix

August 5, 2011 by  
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Larry Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the ‘ASCAP cartel in his argument for reviving our creative culture.

Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage

August 4, 2011 by  
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Shawn Achor says that most modern research focus on the average, but that if we focus on the average, we will remain merely average. He wants to study the positive outliers, and learn how not only to bring people up to the average, but to move the entire average up.

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