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Ron Dixon, Director of the Virtual Practice Pilot at Massachusetts General Hospital, believes patients and physicians should have the same level of access to electronic medical records.
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Medical expert Ron Dixon says we need to eliminate perverse incentives from healthcare and start paying for performance and quality.
The real Tony La Russa had no legal case against the fake Tony La Russa, at least not on Twitter. The manager of the St. Louis Cardinals filed his suit […]
A study published today in the journal Stem Cells and Development renders the male gender, evolutionarily speaking, unnecessary. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Northeast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) […]
Life is a series of challenges to be met and mastered, as they say.
Alec Ross is changing diplomacy. The Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary Clinton studies the distribution of power from government to the people. And he’s noticed something about the relationship […]
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A conversation with the playwright and founder of the Brooklyn Writers Space.
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Writing needs better teachers while theater just needs more stages.
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The playwright on creating the Brooklyn Writers Space.
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“I don’t actually have any expectation to make money as a playwright until I’m really, really old.”
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Abolish ordinary health insurance and expand catastrophic coverage.
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The filmmaker shares the trials and tribulations of movie making.
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A conversation with the producer and director of the film “Transcendent Man”.
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The filmmaker talks about his future, his desires and his favorite films.
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The filmmaker talks about the futuristic ideas of Ray Kurzweil.
Salinity has plagued agriculture since humans stopped hunting and gathering and started growing their own crops. Salty soil, coupled with over-irrigation, helped turn the Fertile Crescent into a modern-day desert, and salinity […]
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A conversation with the author and behavioral finance theorist.
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The behavioral finance theorist invites us to imagine a bank we can trust.
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Richard Thaler reveals how to be frugal without thinking about it.
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Richard Thaler wants more “skin in the game” to encourage money managers to avoid risks.