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18 JUL 09
Tyler Cowen: Someday we'll gain the tools to measure these new benefits SAVE
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"Much of the Web's value is experienced at the personal level and does not show up in productivity numbers. … Each day more enjoyment, more social connection, and, indeed, more contemplation are produced on the Web than had been imagined even 10 years ago. But how do we measure those things? That question -- and I don't yet have a full answer -- reflects the state of flux we're in today. … I call it the "human capital dividend." The reallocation of consumer time into the "free sector" on the Web will liberate the efforts of many producers and intermediaries … A second part of the human capital dividend comes from our productivity as Web consumers. Billions of people are rapidly becoming more knowledgeable and better connected to one another. Self-education has never been more fun, and that is because we are in control of that process like never before. … it may sound counterintuitive, but the more time you spend staring at your screen, the bigger that human capital dividend will be."TAGS
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Welcome to the website for the Silchester Project at the University of Reading. | Silchester Insula IX SAVE
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/16/silchester-dig-british-city : "Almost a century before the Romans arrived in 43 AD, a town of up to 10,000 people was laid out at Silchester, with all the characteristics credited to the invaders: a regular grid pattern of streets and narrow alleys dividing plots, supplied with water from wells and springs – a wealthy place minting its own coins and trading in luxury goods with continental Europe. Even the name it kept through centuries of Roman rule, Calleva Atrebatum, dates back to its iron age founders. A layer of charred wood suggests the town was destroyed by fire, possibly in the revolt led by Boudicca in 60AD. … "We're turning up more questions every day, but the evidence is all pointing in one direction," said Professor Mike Fulford, of Reading University. "The only rivals for the title of oldest town would be St Albans or Colchester – but there is nothing to suggest anything on this scale.""TAGS
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Peer to Patent, Community Patent Review SAVE
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"Peer-to-Patent opens the patent examination process to public participation for the first time. Become part of this historic program. Help the USPTO find the information relevant to assessing the claims of pending patent applications. Become a community reviewer and improve the quality of patents."TAGS
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The Technium: Was Moore's Law Inevitable? SAVE
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"When we spy our technological fate in the distance we should not reel back in horror of its inevitability; rather we should lurch forward in preparation."TAGS
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Orwell in 2009: Dystopian Rights Management | Electronic Frontier Foundation SAVE
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"If people want books that won't evaporate on the orders of faceless bureaucrats, if they want their libraries to last, or the right to read privately, or if they want the same ability to share or loan books that they enjoy with printed books, they should avoid buying any book that can't be copied or any e-book reader with "remote deletion" features. Project Gutenberg has e-books that won't disappear at midnight, like a pumpkin coach. Cory Doctorow sells e-books that will live as long as your hard drive and your backups keep them around. They're in unrestricted formats — like plain text, HTML, or PDF — and you can read them on devices without an Amazon Big Brother on board." + http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/17/amazon-kindle-1984 (+ http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/11/19/the-future-of-reading :) )TAGS