Patent reform hearing
Patent reform hearing: The Senate’s i.p. subcommittee (of the Judiciary Committee) held a hearing today on patent litigation reform. The hearing focused on the contours of a new post-grant opposition system. c|net has a recap. If you want to get up to speed on recent patent reform efforts, the Patent Reform Library at J. Matthew […]
Read MoreUNESCO’s Basic Texts on the Information Society
UNESCO’s Basic Texts on the Information Society: Article 1 of UNESCO’s Constitution states that it will “collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass communication and to that end recommend such international agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by […]
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nightmare science: In short, the elite that has been created by practice of the scientific method uses the concomitant power not just to express the results of particular research initiatives, but to create, support, and implement policy responses affecting many non-scientific communities and intellectual domains in myriad ways. In doing so, they are not exercising […]
Read MoreThe ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Virtual Handbook
The ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Virtual Handbook: The ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Virtual HandbookThe ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Virtual Handbook is a resource providing access to international and best comparative standards on the right to freedom of expression. It is designed to be accessible to journalists, NGOs and others, while also providing […]
Read MoreOutstanding Article on Politicization of Science
Outstanding Article on Politicization of Science: Philipp Steger, editor of bridges — a publication of Office of Science & Technology at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, D.C. that I have only just recently learned of – has published by far the best analysis I’ve seen… yes pandora’s box is pretty good, but for those […]
Read MoreGuardian Unlimited | Life | Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up'
Guardian Unlimited | Life | Two-thirds of world’s resources ‘used up’ The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360 scientists from 95 countries – some of them world leaders in their fields – today warns that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on Earth is being […]
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Wikimedia Commons: Not sure why I hadn’t run accross the Wikimedia Commons site before today, but I’m glad I finally did. Every time I find another wiki site like this I just find the concept very powerful. I just think it’s so cool that people would put their work into the public domain without the […]
Read MoreLeiter Reports: The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio
Leiter Reports: The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio The Horowitz Attack on Academic Freedom Arrives in Ohio The bill introduced in the state legislature is here. (Thanks to Joshua Smith for the pointer.) As one news story (for which I could not locate a URL) stated, the bill would regulate what professors […]
Read MoreEthics for the Robot Age
Ethics for the Robot Age: Jordan Pollack argues that the ethical questions surrounding robotics ŠŠ should robots carry weapons, how closely should humans and robots be integrated, etc. ŠŠ should receive much more attention now before the robot revolution hits. interesting…. some of the questions are central to our consideration of what constitutes an ethical […]
Read MoreEthics for the Robot Age
Ethics for the Robot Age: Jordan Pollack argues that the ethical questions surrounding robotics ŠŠ should robots carry weapons, how closely should humans and robots be integrated, etc. ŠŠ should receive much more attention now before the robot revolution hits. interesting…. some of the questions are central to our consideration of what constitutes an ethical […]
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