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Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17723223?story_id=17723223Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic or why doing a PhD is often a waste of time #education #learning - The... http://ff.im/-vswNy – remixtures (remixtures) http://twitter.com/remixtures/status/16271025926836224
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A special report on social networking: Yammering away at the office | The Economist
AN ASTONISHING amount of time is being wasted on investigating the amount of time being wasted on social networks. Studies regularly claim that the use of Twitter, Facebook and other such services poses a threat to corporate wealth.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350928
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AN ASTONISHING amount of time is being wasted on investigating the amount of time being wasted on social networks. Studies regularly claim that the use of Twitter, Facebook and other such services poses a threat to corporate wealth.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15350928
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A special report on social networking: A world of connections | The Economist
THE annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, currently in progress, is famous for making connections among the global great and good. But when the delegates go home again, getting even a few of them together in a room becomes difficult. To allow the leaders to keep talking, the forum’s organisers last year launched a pilot version of a secure online service where members can post mini-biographies and other information, and create links with other users to form collaborative working groups. Dubbed the World Electronic Community, or WELCOM, the forum’s exclusive online network has only about 5,000 members.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15351002&sa_campaign=twitter
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THE annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, currently in progress, is famous for making connections among the global great and good. But when the delegates go home again, getting even a few of them together in a room becomes difficult. To allow the leaders to keep talking, the forum’s organisers last year launched a pilot version of a secure online service where members can post mini-biographies and other information, and create links with other users to form collaborative working groups. Dubbed the World Electronic Community, or WELCOM, the forum’s exclusive online network has only about 5,000 members.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15351002&sa_campaign=twitter
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A special report on social networking: A world of connections | The Economist
This special report will examine these issues in detail. It will argue that social networks are more robust than their critics think, though not every site will prosper, and that social-networking technologies are creating considerable benefits for the businesses that embrace them, whatever their size. Lastly, it will contend that this is just the beginning of an exciting new era of global interconnectedness that will spread ideas and innovations around the world faster than ever before. (A good summary for executives, but nothing new, actually...)
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15351002
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This special report will examine these issues in detail. It will argue that social networks are more robust than their critics think, though not every site will prosper, and that social-networking technologies are creating considerable benefits for the businesses that embrace them, whatever their size. Lastly, it will contend that this is just the beginning of an exciting new era of global interconnectedness that will spread ideas and innovations around the world faster than ever before. (A good summary for executives, but nothing new, actually...)
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15351002
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A special report on managing information: Data, data everywhere | The Economist
Information has gone from scarce to superabundant. That brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier (interviewed here)—but also big headaches
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15557443&source=hptextfeature
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Information has gone from scarce to superabundant. That brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier (interviewed here)—but also big headaches
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15557443&source=hptextfeature
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The science of climate change: The clouds of unknowing | The Economist
In any complex scientific picture of the world there will be gaps, misperceptions and mistakes. Whether your impression is dominated by the whole or the holes will depend on your attitude to the project at hand. You might say that some see a jigsaw where others see a house of cards. Jigsaw types have in mind an overall picture and are open to bits being taken out, moved around or abandoned should they not fit. Those who see houses of cards think that if any piece is removed, the whole lot falls down. When it comes to climate, academic scientists are jigsaw types, dissenters from their view house-of-cards-ists.
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15719298
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In any complex scientific picture of the world there will be gaps, misperceptions and mistakes. Whether your impression is dominated by the whole or the holes will depend on your attitude to the project at hand. You might say that some see a jigsaw where others see a house of cards. Jigsaw types have in mind an overall picture and are open to bits being taken out, moved around or abandoned should they not fit. Those who see houses of cards think that if any piece is removed, the whole lot falls down. When it comes to climate, academic scientists are jigsaw types, dissenters from their view house-of-cards-ists.
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15719298
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