Originally posted on Teri Carter's Library:
Photo credit: The Associated Press The sentence I hear most from well-meaning, conservative friends since President Trump’s election is this: “We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.” Fair enough. Let’s take a look. The day Obama took office, the Dow closed at 7,949 points. Eight years later, the…
Originally posted on Footnotes to Plato:
The Pioneer plaque Julian Baggini’s The Edge of Reason, of which we have so far examined the first five chapters, ends its second part with a discussion of the distinguishing characteristics of objective rational discourse. He begins it by suggesting that the problem with the classic (Platonic, really) view…
Originally posted on Peace Connections:
“Untie him and let him go free.” The story of Lazarus, while true, also serves as an allegory for each of us. Like Lazarus, we suffer from a sickness that, without the visit of Christ, will bring death. We suffer from the sickness of sin. Without the voice of Christ…
OPINION: After a week of almost unanimous silence, the tech industry is speaking out en masse against Trump’s policies today. Facebook CTO Sheryl Sandberg was the first major tech executive to challenge the president over his anti-abortion policy, saying on Thursday that it “could have terrible consequences for women and families around the world.” Then […]
Read more "Now it starts…"GUEST: The Internet of Things has created a new market in the automotive industry, which is showing no signs of slowing down. Connected cars and their associated services are expected to grow from $13.6 to over $42 billion by 2022. A glimpse of our collective future can be seen in Cadillac’s Book by Cadillac entrance —… […]
Read more "The Internet of things"The Computer History Museum wanted to show the life and death impact of software on the world, and so it chose to illustrate that with a display dedicated to automobile crash testing. On Saturday, the museum opened a new exhibition to the public: “Make Software: Change the World!” The exhibition’s goal is to show how… via […]
Read more "Computer history museum"Ann Crady Weiss, the niece of former Intel CEO Andy Grove, spoke out on behalf of immigrants in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to the U.S. by immigrants from seven Muslim countries. Crady Weiss’ story on NewCo Shift is yet another sign that the tech community is at odds with… via […]
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