Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Election Thoughts

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For those of you with a subscription to Jane’s Intelligence Digest, be sure to check out Brian’s analysis of the election delays in Yemen. For those of you without a subscription, well, sorry …

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The Present

Most social trends aren’t what they seem

Our minds crave simple, linear narratives. But society rarely follows a straight line.

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Business

The Katie Gatti Tassin interview: “Go the extra yard — not the extra mile”

The host of the Money with Katie Show has some priceless advice for women on how to approach pay-rise negotiations.

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Books

Why your microbiome may matter more than DNA for your lifelong health

In “The Microbiome Master Key,” Brett and Jessica Finlay argue that we need to stop waging war on all germs and start working with the microbes that make us who we are.

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The Present

AI is already in the classroom. It’s time colleges caught up.

“The rise of the internet brought about similar fears, yet it ultimately made learning richer and more accessible.”

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Big Think Books

Why AI today is more toddler than Terminator

In “Raising AI,” De Kai argues that today’s AIs are already more like us than we think they are.

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Yemeni Government’s Statement

It has been a long day for Yemen watchers, but before I sign off for the evening I wanted to post the important paragraph from a statement from Yemen’s embassy […]