Story provided by boing boing – In “Meet Jack. Or, What The Government Could Do With All That Location Data“, the ACLU’s Jay Stanley presents a slide deck from the near future in which a government intelligence service presents a glowing account of how it convicted “Jack R Benjamin” of DUI pre-crime, by watching all … Continue reading
Story provided by Fast Company – As Americans try to figure out what changes the Affordable Care Act will bring to their lives and pocketbooks (and politicians continue wrangling over the rollout), here’s one that probably missed everyone’s radar: the new experience that could be waiting for people in their primary care doctor’s waiting room. Think: library-coffeehouse. … Continue reading
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