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| | ROSS DAWSON APRIL 11, 2012 Entrepreneurship becomes global: the top 25 startups hubs in the world The Startup Genome project setup a year ago to gather comparative data on startups around the world. Its Startup Compass allows entrepreneurs to compare statistics on their companies with others in their locality and around the world. was particularly interested in the rankings of startup cities around the world, reproduced below. London. Toronto. | DAVID WEINBERGER APRIL 11, 2012 [2b2k] Editorials and echo chambers From a New Yorker article (April 9, 2012) by Adam Gopnick on Camus: Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostely not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing…Not “Say this!” ” but “Sound this way!” | | | | | | | | |
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DONALD CLARK PLAN B | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012  Friere (1921-1997) educator & activist
PauloFriere is more than an educational theorist. Arrested and exiled from Brazil bythe Military Dictatorship in 1964 he continued to work as an activist andeducator in South America, Central America and Africa, teaching literacy anddefining education for the poor and oppressed. Hisposition on religion is also ambiguous. Bibliography Freire, P. MORE >> -
TED | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012  April 16: Watch a TED session live from Doha, Qatar
Next week, in Doha, Qatar, we’re launching a four-day-long workshop called TEDxSummit — where 700 TEDx organizers from around the world will meet to take classes and learn from one another how to make great local TEDx events. TEDGlobal’s own Bruno Giussani curated the program around this theme: “The Power of Reframing.” MORE >> -
BETH KANTER | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012  Reflections from 12NTC Panel on Data Visualization
Click Thru to See Larger Image. Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Our session is here. MORE >> -
TED | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 Catch up with the trending TED Conversations …
Among many TED Conversations, below we are highlighting some of the TED.com community’s most-discussed ones: Technology doesn’t create loneliness, it reveals it – Join the conversation here >> Willis Phu : “When relationships become out of balance, would technology really fill the void or is it a vapid substitution? MORE >> -
TED | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 5 Webby nominations for TED.com
On Tuesday, the Webby Awards announced their 16th annual slate of nominees, and we’re thrilled that TED.com has earned five nominations across three categories. Check out the other nominees — what an honor to be in this company: WEBSITE: Radio/Podcasts , Best Use of Video or Moving Image , Education. ONLINE FILM & VIDEO: Variety. MORE >>
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