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Equal Opportunity Hiring: Sunshine Laws for Digital Job Seekers

On By The Social CriticIn Economics & Globalization, Technology & ScienceLeave a comment

With unemployment holding at a four-year low of 7.5 percent and the national economic outlook improving modestly according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job market recovery is nonetheless slower than at any time since World War II, a UCLA Anderson Forecast study shows. The question remains even as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

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To Own or be Owned: A Virtual Reality Check

On By The Social CriticIn Media & Social Media, Technology & Science1 Comment

Amazon recalls illicit digital e-books, and with them our notion that we can ever really own anything "digital". This and other dangerous realities of the e-universe.

GreenSmart vs. GreenDumb

On By The Social CriticIn Health & Environment, Technology & Science2 Comments

If you assume that replacing books, magazines and newspapers with Kindle and the Internet are eco-friendly tradeoffs, think again. Carbon footprints don't tell all.