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Two great New York minds got together last night on Channel 13, as Charlie Rose interviewed Esther Dyson.
The whole 40 minute interview is worth your time, but if you want to skip around, check out the first half for stuff about health care and the super interesting project Esther is involved in which will put [...]

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One of the most spectacular and spectacularly loaded aspects of my recent trip to Israel was my visit to the Western (Wailing) Wall, on my last Shabbat afternoon in the country.

One of the traditions of going to the wall is to leave a prayer in its cracks, as it is — for the Jewish people [...]

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I don’t post a ton of videos on my blog, and I don’t like to preach my position on PC here, but I can’t help but wonder: is Bush’s participation in this event respectful?

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Meeting humanity’s needs without harming future generations.
SRI, or socially responsible investing, is one of the greyest of grey areas in the capitalist system.
Among members of my family, we talk about this a lot, and never really come to consensus regarding how to direct investments for them to be deemed “socially responsible” and “successful.” Some of [...]

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If you’re a 20 or 30 something in New York City, there’s an event you should check out this month that’s bound to be incredibly fun and downright GOOD.
Big Night Out, the annual event held by Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City’s Young Professionals Committee, raises nearly $200,000 every year to sponsor [...]

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Ran into this interesting discussion of race via Salon’s Video Dog.

Interesting, but I think Colbert actually steps over the line with his last jestful suggestion. Nearly ever other point was smart, and Dickerson’s answers were well played.
To read Dickerson’s controversial article on why Obama is “not Black” click here.

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We know the World is Flat.
Those of us taking part in the Web 2.0 movement are getting awards for flattening it.
But beyond the flow of money and information, how flat is the word?
Last night I went to an interesting event called “Feminism Across Borders: Labor, Families, and Globalization” at The Brandeis House, on the Upper [...]

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So I’ll admit it: I think the World is Flat too. As of yesterday, I hired a designer for my project who lives in the Phillipines. She charges $11/hour, and, from the look of her portfolio, she does great work. In the US I would have to pay from $75 - $100 per hour for [...]

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In the TIME Magazine article about Borat’s new movie, the author manages to be more condescending to his audience than the highly criticized Sacha Baron Cohen. The whole article is not worth reading in my opinion, but two quotes from the producers of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan [...]

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Honestly, there’s not much that needs to be said about this video. It’s a song by my friend’s brother, and it’s in Spanish… but after you watch it, I’ll bet you won’t realize it was in a different language: the meaning, the images, the whole song speaks universally to the human side of war from [...]

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