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Information Asymmetry – the Disease

Or more of what you don’t know will hurt you. Seems we will have even less science journalism: CNN is eliminating its seven-person unit covering science, the environment, and technology, saying its “Planet in Peril” programs do the trick. Curtis … Continue reading

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Is technology a solution to information asymmetry?

While the author of this article is focusing on the “privacy” issues arising from research (Reality mining) using data found with new technologies, I think he highlights a means to battle information asymmetries (IA).  IA leads to situations including moral … Continue reading

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