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Category Archives: politics
You can´t outsource your unknown unknowns.
You probably know what you know, You estimate what you know you don´t know, but you just don´t know what you don´t know. There is only one way to: reach out, let in, and learn. But you´ve got to do … Continue reading
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Success is a function of hard work and discipline
Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education. [...] Only parents can make sure the TV is turned off and homework gets done. [...] We need to teach them that success is … Continue reading
Science and Technology Advisor
Dear reader, As I have recently posted, I have just completed the Mirzayan S&T policy fellowship at the U.S. National Academies. Upon finishing, I am excited to continue in the field of international science and technology policy. Being a very specialized area, … Continue reading
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101 days as Science and Technology Policy Fellow
Today is my last day as a Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at The National Academies. The Program, and the extension I got, is now complete after 101 days. I knew about it like one year ago, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciencia, crowdsourcing, development, mirzayan, Outreach, policy, science, sueños, technology, web
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User-Generated Content. Overview of policy needs
-Background and authorship info- Part of the Mirzayan fellowship was to propose topics on wich to write a policy paper. This is the topic I submitted and 10 other fellows joined. This is the result of 2 weeks of work. Some of … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdsourcing, Internet, mobile, policy, science, social, technology, UGC, user generated content
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Manifiesto por una Universidad libre de pseudociencia y oscurantismo
Ante la cada vez más abundante proliferación de conferencias, cursos, seminarios y todo tipo de actividades que diferentes corrientes pseudocientíficas están desarrollando dentro del marco de las universidades españolas y latinoamericanas, tendencia que cristaliza en la reciente creación de … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciencia, educación, Escepticismo, investigación, oscurantismo, pseudociencia, superstición, Universidad
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Crowdsourcing Development
With the burgeoning use of Internet and mobile phone technology, user-generated content (UGC) has emerged as an innovative means of sharing data. In the last decade, subscriptions to mobile phones rose from 18% to 97% in the developed world, and … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdsourcing, development, Internet, mobile, policy, science, social, technology, UGC, user generated content
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Earth Observations from Space
The National Academies Press publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. I am cursed with endless curiosity, so working there is a love-hate relationship. Love because I love what the NAS … Continue reading
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“A Strategic Analysis of Science & Technology Policy”, by Harvey A. Averch
Harvey A. Averch, John Hopkins University Press,1985 . 216 p. I found this lost treasure buried at a second hand bookstore. It dates back some few decades, and the USA was certainly different in 1985, when this book was published. Back then, the Watergate scandal and the … Continue reading
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Space Up DC
Space Up is set of “uncoferences” about space. Last week was the DC edition, in wich I had the pleasure to participate. It was my first unconference and I must admit I liked it. I would say is perfect for small conferences where … Continue reading
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