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Dec

The Great Seduction: 2009: The end of print

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in Books, Odds & Sods

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2009: The end of print – Andrew Keen

“It promises to be the tipping point of tipping points. As I argue today on Internet Evolution, 2009 is going to be the year in which the old print media industry — newspapers, magazines, even books — collectively falls off the cliff: “

via The Great Seduction: 2009: The end of print.

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29
Dec

The Superorganism: the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of Insect Societies

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Termite Mound in Tanzania
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I got the last of my presents today… via gift card purchase at a “Boxing Day” sale. The first major collaboration by Bert Holldobler and E.O. Wilson since their Pulitzer Prize winner “The Ants”

According to the authors, “Superorganisms – colonies of individuals tightly knit by altrusitic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor – find their highest expression in the insect world.”

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