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Published on 30/03/10
by willpate
- The Sandra Bullock Trade
"public institutions should pay attention to well-being and not just material growth narrowly conceived…Governments keep initiating policies they think will produce prosperity, only to get sacked, time and again, from their spiritual blind side." - Thank You For Not Expressing Yourself
"Not every devotee of reason is himself reasonable: that is a lesson that the convinced, indeed militant, atheist, Richard Dawkins, has recently learned." - Hedge-Fund Industry Figures Skewed
Many failing funds stop reporting performance in their last 12 months, creating a hidden survivorship bias - Why India Loves Facebook
"Facebook 'allows [Indians] to do two things they love: Tell everyone what they are doing; and stick their noses into other people’s business' - Africa Calling: Can mobile phones make a miracle?
"The promise of economic development in Africa cannot be fully realized in the absence of roads, schools, electricity, and finance. When IT is appropriately integrated into this larger framework, Africa’s transformation will finally be underway." - MIT Student Develops $3 Wound-Healing Gadget
"Danielle Zurovcik, 28, created the pump, which uses negative pressure to pull bacteria and fluid out of wounds, for her master's degree thesis project."
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