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Bill Genereux

The 'Canonical' Image of a Drone Is a Rendering Dressed Up in Photoshop - Alexis C. Mad... - 0 views

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  • Bill Genereux on 20 Mar 13
     
    The most famous image of a drone attack exists only in Photoshop.
Bill Genereux

We, the Web Kids - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • our competition, our desire to be different, is built on knowledge, on the ability to interpret and process information, and not on monopolising it.
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The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility - Andrew Sim... - 0 views

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shared by Bill Genereux on 20 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • ean Anyon, an education researcher
  • chools teaching the children of affluent families prepared those kids to take on leadership roles
  • Schools teaching children from low-income families focused on keeping students busy and managing behavior.
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  • middle-class school deemphasized individual expression and in-depth analysis and rewarded the dutiful completion of specified rote tasks
  • Some students learn to take orders and others learn to chart a course of action and delegate responsibility.
  • “hidden curriculum”
  • When school environments casually yet consistently deemphasize the intellectual benefits of higher education, students become less imaginative about their futures.
  • College should be “sold” to all students as an opportunity to experience an intellectual awakening.
  • Access to higher education means that your values and interests can govern your choices.
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Why Are Young People Ditching Cars for Smartphones? - The Atlantic - 0 views

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shared by Bill Genereux on 16 Dec 14 - No Cached
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    For cash-strapped twenty-somethings, staying connected may be worth more than a set of wheels.
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How Much Should You Know About How Facebook Works? - The Atlantic - 0 views

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shared by Bill Genereux on 20 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • we may have passed the point where it's possible for people to reasonably expect they'd have to give consent before a corporation messes with the algorithmic filters that affect the information they see online.
  • t is a failure of imagination and methodology to claim that it is necessary to experiment on millions of people without their consent in order to produce good data science
  • Everyone knows that filters are imposed on information streams online
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