The word for this decade “information”

Yeah, plastic is definitely, definitely out.  Information is in.  Got any?  Want some?
Just as plastic raises concerns regarding negative environmental consequences, information raises, metaphorically speaking, similar environmental concerns as individuals and corporations stress over who controls access to information.
Health Care Information Technologies (HCIT) is an area that offers seemingly “low hanging fruit” in terms of [...]

Books to read

Adam Frank, The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs. Religion Debate – examines division of science and religion — background for public values/discourse and science policy
John Kenneth Gailbraith, The Great Crash of 1929 — a classic on the causes… appropriate for today’s debates on economic/finance policy

Public Value Failure — Truth as casualty?

So, an oil company hires a professor to write a peer reviewed article designed to prove that punitive damages “make no sense”.  While writing the article, the professor concludes that greater transparency encourages “responsible corporate behavior.”  However, the oil company’s lawyers took offense to this unsolicited conclusion and cut off the professor’s funding.  To wit:
“Advocating [...]