February 2012
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“What is crucial to understand is that academic publishing is not a free market....”
– From the same amazing Boston Globe piece, the quickest and clearest summary of academic publishing’s dysfunction I’ve ever seen. It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that everyone in the ecosystem understand these basic facts. (via arlpolicynotes)
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Why People Believe Misinformation, Even After It's... →
infoneer-pulse:
These days we are bombarded with information, much of it incorrect, and long after the political campaigns are over a lot of it will still be buried in the part of our brain where we store our memories. And new research shows that the more intensely we believe something to be true, the more likely it will resurface in the future, even if we have learned it was false.
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Had a nice lunchtime run.
After the Super Bowl and last night’s Georgetown-Syracuse game, it was nice to pound the pavement and try to burn off some of this week’s bad sports mojo.
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“Michigan State University surveyed more than 700 employers seeking to hire...”
– Bring Your Parent To Work Day: So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews. (via...
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“Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work...”
– Marcel Proust (via ephemeralbones)
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