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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Welfare Makes America More Entrepreneurial
Research shows that when governments provide citizens with economic security, they embolden them to take more risks.
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What's Wrong With Washington Playing Venture Capitalist?
Government shouldn't be in the business of making the most obvious investments or the most difficult investments. Where does that leave Washington?
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Can the Internet Bring the Beginning of the End of Selfishness?
A new book from Yochai Benkler, one of the preeminent philosophers of the Internet, explores what compels people to cooperate
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NewsTrust on Fact-Checking and the Wisdom of Crowds
NewsTrust is shifting its focus to devote time and resources to TruthSquad.com, a group fact-checking site it launched in 2010
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The Messenger Matters: Tweaking Design to Minimize Byline Bias
Without changing authors or their content, bios can be constructed in a way that maximizes credibility by tapping into the social graph
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The Future of Media Bias
Context can affect bias, and on the Web -- if I can riff on Lessig -- code is context. So why not design media that accounts for the user's biases and helps him overcome them?
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Don't Shut Down Energy Innovation
One of the fascinating things about studying technological innovation is the realization that government is fundamental to the process, particularly at the early stages
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The New York Times' Unsustainable Paywall
By keeping articles accessed through social media free, the Times paywall is counting on older readers that aren't Web savvy
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FactCheck.org's Brooks Jackson on Overcoming Motivated Skepticism
Using some of the methods employed by FactCheck.org to determine reliability as we filter information online
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Cleantech For English Majors
Breaking in to the burgeoning field often requires a special set of technical knowledge, but there are ways to obtain that without going back to school
