Why did I sign The Stem Cell Charter?
Yes, I’ve been really impressed with the launch and the associated campaign. Yes, my parents are cancer researchers and I (literally) grew up in lab. Yes, the website and videos are beautifully done. Yes, the Charter is well crafted, balancing both the opportunities created, and the rigor demanded, [...]
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- The Future of Ideas: the Fate of the Commons in a Connected World by Lawrence Lessig
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A public purpose: An experience of Liberal opposition and Canadian government by Tom Kent
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A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
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Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
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Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice by Daniel Lathrop, Laurel Ruma
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- Distributed Work by Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler (editors)
- The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back by Andrew Sullivan
- God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Audiobook) by Christopher Hitchens
- Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, David Weil
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Articles I’m Digesting 15/12/2009
Here are some pieces I’ve been reading of late:
You Can’t Handle the Truth by Mark Pothier in the Boston Globe
A great piece about how the classification of drugs used by most Western countries is completely divorced from how much harm those drugs cause. This isn’t surprising, but as the evidence begins to mount regarding which [...]