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A Short Note on the Word “Panic”
Albert Wenger – Oct 16, 2014
In the current discussions on what to do (or not to do) about the Ebola outbreak the word “panic” is being abused. Panic means a “sudden, overpowering terror, often affecting many people at once.” And some of the nonstop CNN [...] Read more
Parallel Book Reading
Albert Wenger – Oct 14, 2014
I used to be highly skeptical that one could be reading more than one book at a time. But in the last couple of years what I have found works best for me is to have 3-4 non fiction books [...] Read more
Changing Society, Startups, (My)Self
Albert Wenger – Oct 9, 2014
The Next Big Thing? (Techonomy Detroit)
Albert Wenger – Sep 24, 2014
Last week I was in Detroit to speak at Techonomy’s one day conference there. I had never been to the city before and enjoyed meeting Mike Duggan, the mayor, Beth Niblock, CIO, and many other people working hard to turn [...] Read more
Climate: A Successful March and Three Fallacies
Albert Wenger – Sep 22, 2014
I am thrilled that the Climate March in New York City yesterday had such a huge turnout. It felt like the beginning of an important movement to finally take more decisive action. The organizers estimate that more than 300,000 people [...] Read more
Climate March in NY this Sunday
Albert Wenger – Sep 18, 2014
I have written a fair bit about climate change here at Continuations over the last few years. It is one of those slowly creeping threats that democracy is woefully slow and bad at addressing. So I am excited to see [...] Read more
Internet Slowdown Today!
Albert Wenger – Sep 10, 2014
I love it when diverse communities and companies on the internet come together to support a cause. Today it is the fight for net neutrality that I wrote about on Monday. Here is what I saw when I just logged [...] Read more
Vote Teachout/Wu in Today’s NY Democratic Primary
Albert Wenger – Sep 9, 2014
Recent political research has provided evidence that state level corruption increases the further the capital is from the state’s dominant city. Living in New York and having seen the corrupt mess that is Albany this comes as no surprise. As [...] Read more
Battle for the Net: Take Action this Wednesday!
Albert Wenger – Sep 8, 2014
This Wednesday, September 10th, is a day of action to alert everyone about the danger of fast and slow lanes for last mile internet access. I have written a lot about this topic here on Continuations. For the perspective of [...] Read more