April 2009
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Nostradamus, eat your heart out
OK, I’m calling it right now: the epidemic of 2010 will be Indian cobra flu.
How do I know this? Well, 2008 was the year of the bird flu, so we’ve got the birds down. 2009 is swine flu, so mammals are now covered. Moving logically, the new strains of flu are making their way through the classes, and getting more specific. So, 2010 leaves us with fish, reptiles, and amphibians. If we...
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“The experience that neuroenhancement offers is not, for the most part, about...”
– A Reporter at Large: Brain Gain: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Speaking of good journalism, this article is a prime example of that.
As for my own thoughts on the subject: as someone who depends exclusively on their brain for their livelihood, and as someone who is prone to distraction...
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the anti-Twitter
I would love to see a blogging service with a minimum word count and posting limit. For example, you cannot post less than 1,800 characters, and you cannot post more than once a week.
Any tech-savvy volunteers?
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