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Americans first heard about the “march toward socialism” as the financial crisis reached a fever pitch last fall. Since then, the rhetoric on socialism’s return has grown central to political […]
Just when you thought poetry was dead, Newser today cites a Telegraph story showing that email and social networking is catalyzing a resurgence in that oldest of literary art forms. […]
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The Berkeley professor charts the moral decline of a nation.
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A Berkeley happiness guru on the downturn’s upside.
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The pursuit of happiness is essential and vital to our culture, but there is a risk that it turns into navel-gazing.
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Dacher Keltner on government ethics.
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The Berkeley professor speaks to the essential need for human-to-human contact.
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The Berkeley professor notices no common appreciation of goodness across cultures.
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The Berkeley professor defines goodness after years of studying how it manifests in humans.
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Technology saved her life, and Mary Lou Jepsen is returning the favor.
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Mary Lou Jepsen says the next chief technology advisor must tackle the energy problem.
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Not only does it make us ignorant to the world around us, entertainment culture drains American potential, says Mary Lou Jepsen.
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Mary Lou Jepsen points out that the great artists of history were often scientists, and vice versa.
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Mary Lou Jepsen describes the XO and predicts where computer evolution is headed.
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For Mary Lou Jepsen, technological advancement equates to environmental consciousness.
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Mary Lou Jepsen started the race to produce a low-cost laptop.
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Mary Lou Jepsen on shrinking the technology gap.
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No other tool is so well designed to open new possibilities.
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Mary Lou Jepsen on building her laptop.