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  • Google’s Disruption of Higher Ed Is Just What Students Need

    Google’s Disruption of Higher Ed Is Just What Students Need0

    My wife and I recently hired a financial advisor who is helping us map out our financial future. He seemed stunned that we didn’t want to take advantage of the U.S. tax code’s 529 provision, which helps parents save for their children’s education. “You have three kids,” he said. “Odds are at least one will

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  • Google, Twitter & Facebook: The Grave Danger of Information Monopolies

    Google, Twitter & Facebook: The Grave Danger of Information Monopolies0

    Increasingly, you will find articles critical of the power of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Some of these articles argue that between Google and Facebook, the two giants control 85 percent of all ad revenue. And, of course, anyone who uses the internet knows that Google is the primary portal through which one seeks and finds information

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  • Google Owes Jordan Peterson an Explanation

    Google Owes Jordan Peterson an Explanation0

    Via the Washington Times: “The University’s of Toronto’s Dr. Jordan B. Peterson turned to famous friends Tuesday after his YouTube account was locked “with no explanation.” The clinical psychologist who shot to fame in 2016 for opposition to Canada’s ‘C-16 bill’ — critics called him “transphobic” for his refusal to use genderless pronouns — said

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  • Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans

    Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans1

    Companies, like people, make mistakes. And Google came fire on Thursday for making a big one. As first reported by Vice, the powerful search engine company listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party—less than a week before the GOP’s primary. Needless to say, Republicans were not pleased. “It is disgraceful that the

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  • Google Is Burying Alternative Health Sites to Protect People from ‘Dangerous’ Medical Advice

    Google Is Burying Alternative Health Sites to Protect People from ‘Dangerous’ Medical Advice0

    In Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451, firemen don’t put out fires; they create fires to burn books. The totalitarians claim noble goals for book burning. They want to spare citizens unhappiness caused by having to sort through conflicting theories. Censorship Is Control The real aim of censorship, in Bradbury’s dystopia, is to control the

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  • Google Engineer Fired for Questioning Diversity in Memo—But Four Scientists Say He Was Right

    Google Engineer Fired for Questioning Diversity in Memo—But Four Scientists Say He Was Right0

    Google engineer James Damore had a Jerry Maguire moment. And he ended up exactly like Jerry Maguire.   Damore was fired by Google this week after his 10-page memo, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” ignited a storm of criticism.   The memo, the text of which can be read here, suggested that biological differences could

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