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Data Feed: Low-wage breadwinners, record expatriations, Texas Hispanics
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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Data Feed: Marijuana gains in Ohio, Maryland; more jobs for law-school grads; women’s commuting patterns
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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Data Feed: Democrats want Clinton, young children now less obese, California’s driest year on record
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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Elaborations: More Expert Responses
Following are additional provocative and thoughtful answers from other respondents, organized in the same format as those in the summary. First, the insights of those who responded “yes” to the question, next the thoughts of those who answered “no,” closing with additional observations. Themes among those who responded ‘yes,’ there will be major cyber attacks […]
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The Gurus Speak
Some of the most prominent and respected technology experts and analysts made far-ranging statements, encompassing many points. Their answers: Things will get better, rather than worse A vortex of innovation and a commons-based economy could be created Jerry Michalski, founder of REX, the Relationship Economy eXpedition, wrote, “I’m going to be an idealist here and […]
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Elaborations: More Expert Responses
Each increment of growth in bandwidth has enabled new communication, new participation in communities, more effective outreach to broader social networks, more access to information, and more algorithmic interventions to sort and filter data. Most of the experts in this canvassing see all those trends being amplified in the decade to come as gigabit connectivity […]
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Overseas users power Facebook’s growth; more going mobile-only
The number of Facebook users who log into the social-networking service or share content through it on any given day.
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Countdown to Sochi Olympics: What the world thinks of Russia
Russia is hoping that the Sochi Olympics will showcase the country, but when it comes to global public opinion toward Russia, much of the world has unfavorable or mixed views.
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Elaborations: More Expert Responses
Respondents in this canvassing note that the online environment is going through considerable change as it evolves technologically and politically. Some point out there is a constant swing between distributed activity that is built on citizen enthusiasm about the unhindered sharing of ideas and the type of central control characterized by restrictions on the exchange […]
