This week’s entry was a little easier to write because I have create a simple form to enter the article titles, links, and description – all of the rest, including the formatting, is done automatically using custom fields. Yet another reason why WordPress is truly amazing.
There’s a bit of a focus on the healthcare issue this week, but next week I’ll try to post on some other important subjects too. I’m trying to limit myself to the 5 most interesting finds of the week, which is proving to be a challenge in and of itself. Enough delay, here goes:
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Not sure why this didn't get more news coverage, but the very idea of it seems both liberating and, to pull a word out of the White House's vocabulary, fishy. Unfiltered access to the wide array of knowledge on the web has become the cornerstone to societal progress, and the pinnacle of free speech.
2
This new ad campaign for Legos pretty much sums up my childhood. Kids across the world have been building entire cities, expanding their imaginations piece by piece, brick by brick, and this marketing approach captures that very idea.
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In the ongoing health care debate, it is the doctor's perspective which interests me. Not that of the AMA, not that of big pharma, but
of regular doctors that are out there working. This article is by one such doctor, and highlights some of the concerns about the quality of medical care under the proposed socialized medicine, as well as the resulting diminished financial incentives for future & current doctors.
4
As a PhD student, my schedule may most closely resemble that of freelancers or the self-employed. Smashing Magazine last week presented productivity tips for those out there who are their own worst boss.
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After trying to distance his views from those of his company (Whole Foods), John Mackey sets the record straight about his position in th health care debate. Grounded in the founding principles and the tenents of libertarianism, Mackey explains the alternative actions congress can take to reform our health care system without turning it into a muddied swamp of beaurocratic tangles. While the people of San Francisco may be boycotting Whole Foods for these very words, I'll gladly enjoy the shorter lines and concurring conscience.
