Wired magazine is running a piece on Tim Berners-Lee and his view 25 years later. You will further find his thought on decentralization, openness, privacy and so on. As a bonus a series of 10 comments by experts. Nice read!
Concerns over collection of your data by third parties, their use, you anonymity online? TED has put an excellent collection of 11 presentations between 10 and 19 minutes each: The dark side of data.
“A quarter of American adults do not know that the Earth goes round the sun. Half think that antibiotics kill viruses and almost as many believe electrons are larger than atoms” Stephen Luntz – I Fucking Love Science.
In an earlier post, I reported that a majority of young adult in the US thought that astrology was a science. Similar numbers and others can be found in a biennial survey from the USA National Science Foundation. A round up can also be found here, with link to the said survey and a link to the Science and Engineering Indicators.
Meanwhile the 450th anniversary of the birth of Galileo, who was persecuted for something that is now proven without the shadow of a doubt (for those who may wonder, I refer you to the first sentence of the quoted text above 😉 ), was just a few days ago.
It touches everyone and everyone knows of family members, friends or colleagues it touches. February 4th is World Cancer Day
Ruminating... 