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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/science/from-volunteers-a-dna-database.html?ref=science&_r=1&gwh=8A76475149B488A1D4A1C0D4D88C2131&gwt=pay

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger

How the #NSA Almost Killed the #Internet: Will personal data need to be stored in country of origin?
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/how-the-us-almost-killed-the-internet HT @fpine (1/2)

Good qt from Myhrvold: considering… threat of terrorists with bio.. degrees… tough surveillance measures might not be so bad. (2/2)

QT:{{”
There are others who argue that we may regret even modest constraints on the NSA. Former Microsoft research head Nathan Myhrvold recently wrote a hair-raising treatise arguing that, considering the threat of terrorists with biology degrees who could wipe out a good portion of humanity, tough surveillance measures might not be so bad. Myhrvold calls out the tech companies for hypoc-risy. They argue that the NSA should stop exploiting information in the name of national security, he says, but they are more than happy to do the same thing in pursuit of their bottom lines. “The cost is going to be lower efficiency in finding terrorist plots–and that cost means blood,” he says. “}}

Right on target: New era of fast genetic engineering. Nice “historical overview” of the development of #CRISPR-Cas
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129530.900-right-on-target-new-era-of-fast-genetic-engineering.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/still-starting-up.html?smid=tw-nytimes

Idea of New Attention Disorder Spurs Research, & Debate: Sluggish cognitive tempo, spurs #drugs http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/health/idea-of-new-attention-disorder-spurs-research-and-debate.html #add

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/no-exit/

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/04/22/faculty-governance-a-power-within/

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/04/23/new-havens-regional-fix/

…and the problems with large ones:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/22/the-wisdom-of-little-crowds