New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman makes a superficially compelling case for reforming education in pursuit of American Competitiveness. But is he overstating its promise?
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American Competitiveness: The New Untouchables or The New Half Truth?
Posted in economy, politics, technology, tagged NAFTA, economy, debt, economists, spending, Dollar, globalism, business, bankruptcy, Green, Reform, success, control, talent, illusion, blame, reality, doctors, technology, Wall Street, Main Street, banks, financial, trade, international, capitalism, risk, middle class, China, system, waste, unemployment, policy, jobs, future, pride, rational, US, career, factory, wages, standard of living, education, taxation, hiring, consequences, ethics, debate, security, economic, foreclosure, revenues, academia, university, America, world, workers, myths, disposable, Third World, First World, Microsoft, Google, cost, costly, NYT, Century, progress, loss, skills, consumers, expansion, implications, corporate, competitive, disadvantage, Thomas Friedman, New York Times, columnist, schools, untouchables, irreplaceable, applicants, resume, degree, college, training, teachers, educators, new normal, decline, rise, challenge, compete, family, marriage, India, superpower, globalization, Todd Martin, CEO, global, recruit, lawyers, MBAs, saturated, pool, big fish, edge, Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink, average, American Dream, appliances, quality, innovator, creative, analytical, motivated, driven, succeed, substitute, labor, Old South, slave, problem solving, trend, higher ed, panacea, imbalance, interview, living wage, working class, workplace, thrive, survive, student loans, downwardly mobile, finances, ramifications, Lawrence Katz, seeker, poverty, protections, human rights, sweatshops, child, laborers, Big Business, opportunism, level playing field, projections, planned obsolescence, warranty, longevity, built to last, life span, branding, marketing, scam, complaints, inferior, product, defect, repairs, poor workmanship, quality control, cheap, expensive, deception, afford, market, elite, house of cards, purchase, ladder, inhumane, ahead, Great Recession, jobless recovery, replace, feudalism, noncompetitive, collectible, grad school, academic inflation, STEM, doctoral, masters, bachelor of arts, Ph.D, higher learning, retrain, unethical, fast buck, cheaply, consumerism, boutique, sweat shop, high end, low end, retailer, disparity, bottom lines, race to the bottom, down waging, silent depression, tipping point, Keynesian, make work, hegemony, conglomerates, laissez faire, transnational, perfect market, economic insecurity, insource, outsource, offshoring, lowest common denominator, lies, zero sum, game theory, brain drain, hidden costs, leaders, ranking, prediction, forecast, jobs creation, stimulus, slippery slope, traders, analysis, free market, neocapitalism, immigration, benchmark, free trade, MIT, Susan Hockfield on October 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
To Own or be Owned: A Virtual Reality Check
Posted in media, technology, tagged media, energy, price, deficit, business, Green, books, power, control, society, life, personal, social, assumptions, chaos, reality, analog, programming, television, rates, China, productivity, systems, model, change, Big Brother, future, news, rumors, trends, apathy, children, education, consequences, debate, pain, injury, controversy, cultural, history, world, physical, age, planet, myths, Kindle, globe, Internet, newspapers, data centers, clean, tech, load, demand, reading, sites, Amazon, cost, usage, web, net, ebook, e-reader, virtual, sense of place, deprived, tangible, snapshot, time capsule, experiences, gadget, device, computer, PC, software, hardware, cell phone, Facebook, NYT, Circuit City, shared, George Orwell, privacy, 1984, Animal Farm, sever farm, backbone, keyboard, paper, ecological, impacts, Walter Cronkite, fine print, contracts, ownership, delete, content, magazines, entertainment, gatekeeper, editor, white space, margins, eyestrain, addiction, headache, backlit, LCD, screen, view, monitor, contact, ads, issues, complex, high technology, advances, claims, transform, annotations, literature, censor, censure, library, growth, electric, generate, trains, coal, Century, smokestack, ash, dirty, pollution, recycle, realities, e-book, ereader, evolution, progress, flicker, refresh rate, brain, eyes, optic, alter, shift, physiological, grids, networks, operate, eco-friendly, responsible, free, unsustainable, intrusions, written, attention span, limiting factors, photograph, sacrifice, printed, word, Sony, disconnects, exchanging, losing, loss, overload, predecessors, generation, turn of the Century, 21st Century, Eye Fatigue, Computer Vision Syndrome, health effects, fatigue, sleep, ADD, electromagnetic, development, stunt, learning, kids, cell phones, CRTs, neurological, burning, consumers, production lines, video, watching, insomnia, risk factors, flat panel monitors, mind, response time, display, texting, talking, teens, advertising, competing, pirated, unauthorized, copies, downloaded, rights, copyright, publisher, on demand, digital divide, Libraries, Orwellian, offsets, balkanization, letter, sociology, tactile, dependency, distributed, adverse, dumbing down, practice, information, plugged in, electronic leash, grapevine, MySpace, duality, citizen, journalism, threatens, capacity, liberty, freedom, materiality, look back, sentimental, nostalgia, deceptive, static, tradeoffs, creative control, hoaxes, complacency, gullible, wary, distrustful, disinformation, social capital, herd immunity, mentality, cap and trade, RSI, repetitive strain, carpel tunnel, wrist, hand, touch, chronic, disabilities, disabled, occupational, musculoskeletal disorders, BlackBerry thumb, orthopedic, ergnomics, ergonomists, back, elbow, finger, CVS, EMF, electroshock on July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Amazon recalls illicit digital e-books, and with them our notion that we can ever really own anything “digital”. This and other dangerous realities of the e-universe.
GreenSmart vs. GreenDumb
Posted in health, technology, tagged energy, price, Green, books, power, technology, trade, manufacturing, waste, public, children, hypocrisy, harm, planet, geek, nerd, love affair, workers, factories, print, production, biodegradable, gray side to green, myths, Kindle, gadgets, electronics, power grid, electricity, requirements, toxins, reproductive, scrap, recycling, carbon footprint, eco-conscious, free lunch, devices, disposable, Third World, dangers, trees, renewable, resources, heavy metals, petro, chemicals, plastics, PCs, computers, First World, carcinogenic, lead, server farm, footprint, megawatts, coal power, smokestacks, globe, USA Weekend, Vicki Kriz, online, Internet, world wide web, paperless, newspapers, data centers, Gaia, trendy, conscious, environmental, steward, clean, obsession, tech, grid, plants, load, demand, consumption, politics of green, perceptions, Jeff Monroe, network, computing, gear, Elinor Abreau, Industry Standard, recyclable, cultivated, petroleum products, Earth, appliance, high-tech, exposure, circuits, boards, reader, reading, calculate, quantify, equation, energy vampires, Silicon Valley, semi-conductor, electronic frontier, chips, e-waste, byproducts, smart, dumb, question, impact, environmental awareness quotient, green side, gray, area, forested, agriculture, land, nature, conservancy, woodland, e-lusion, integrated circuit, chip, territory, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Yahoo, green is gray, e-readers, hazardous, gasses, contaminated, sites, degradable, toxicity, Amazon, growing, public health, threat, solution, misinformation, simple, minimal, IT/IS, infrastructure, cost, human health, reality check, breaking point, overuse, limit, costly, costs, usage, population, web, net, paper vs. digital, book vs. Kindle, library vs. Internet, MEMEX, centralization, modernity, industrialization, researchers on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you assume that replacing books, magazines and newspapers with Kindle and the Internet are eco-friendly tradeoffs, think again. Carbon footprints don’t tell all.
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