Monday, February 17, 2014

What I'm Reading

Good Samaritan Backfire - "As a result of my efforts to help injured bicyclists by calling 911, I was, in short order: separated from my friend, violently tackled, arrested, taken to county jail, stripped and left in a solitary cell."

Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left 

Are Social Networks Making Us Stupider - "Whilst some commentators say the internet is making us stupid and others say it's helping us make more informed decisions the scientists behind this study say that they might both be right. Being able to copy from other people in vast networks means analytical responses rapidly spread, fulfilling their promise of improved decision-making for well-connected people. 'On the other hand, the bias may very well decrease the frequency of analytical reasoning by making it easy and commonplace for people to reach analytical response without engaging analytical processing' "

The Israeli Defense Forces Interactive Blog on Hezbollah

People Don't Read The Articles They Share - "Tony Haile, CEO of Chartbeat, which measures real-time traffic for sites like Upworthy, dropped a bomb: "We've found effectively no correlation between social shares and people actually reading," he wrote."

Foxconn's US manufacturing invasion could start with Vizio TVs - "A new TV plant in the US would represent a major investment in the country's marginalized electronics manufacturing industry. Foxconn previously announced plans to open a $30 million facility in Pennsylvania that will employ 500."

An Idea Conservatives Should Love - "There is a magnificent public policy that achieves many of the goals conservative politicians regularly extol. These include promoting work over dependency, reducing the cost of social welfare programs, fostering economic growth and strengthening families."
 
Disclaimer - I said I read em not that I necessarily agree.  You'll have to read them yourself and decide.




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