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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Translation party, semantic entropy
http://translationparty.com I had this same idea like 3 years ago
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thoughts on the 'singularity movement'
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html
The singularity movement is like Skull & Bones for Silicon Valley intellectuals. WHO's singularity is what should be asked? Anyone can riff about collective mind. This is an age old notion (Buddhist interconnectedness, Emerson's oversoul..), but when you try to push YOUR brand of interconnectivity over others it all falls apart or turns to fascism.
Sometimes we need to unplug from eachother to just be with our cultures, ethnicities, families, selves, only from these smaller vantage points can important criticisms come.. especially important when the collective mind gets on a bender or positive feedback loop or some other irrational bubble, economic or religious or social. Those who enjoy the fruits of singularity must be aware of those who cannot or aren't allowed to tap in. But more importantly we must be able to rest, reharge, and labor in multiplicity. perhaps web 3.0 will see a return to semi-privacy and diversity, typical tower of babel phenomenon... we didn't start the fire...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Patient’s Bill of Rights:
- 1. Prevents insurance companies from canceling your policy if you get sick. Right now, insurance companies can retroactively cancel your policy when you become sick if you or your employer made an unintentional mistake on your paperwork.
- 2. Stops insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. Beginning in September, discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions will be banned—a protection that will be extended to all Americans in 2014.
- 3. Prohibits setting lifetime limits on insurance policies issued or renewed after Sept. 23, 2010. No longer will insurance companies be able to take away coverage at the very moment when patients need it most. More than 100 million Americans have health coverage that imposes lifetime limits on care.
- 4. Phases out annual dollar limits on coverage over the next three years. Even more aggressive than lifetime limits are annual dollar limits on what an insurance company will pay for your health care. For the people with medical costs that hit these limits, the consequences can be devastating.
- 5. Allows you to designate any available participating primary care doctor as your provider. You’ll be able to keep the primary care doctor or pediatrician you choose, and see an OB-GYN without referral.
- 6. Removes insurance company barriers to receiving emergency care and prevents them from charging you more because you’re out of network. You’ll be able to get emergency care at a hospital outside of your plan’s network without facing higher co-pays or deductibles or having to fight to get approval first.
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