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The Power of Small Steps
There’s a new campaign in rural India, “No loo? No, ‘I do’.” Young women and their mothers are insisting that a potential groom have a toilet or there will be no wedding. Getting people to have toilets has been an uphill battle and recent efforts have failed. Now that the campaign has reached the radio…
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Profits, Google and Sacrifice
When Google announced their plan to digitize all the books from all the libraries it was—despite few exceptions—hailed as an example of how technology could advance human knowledge. Imagine, many said, all the knowledge in one place. Imagine, searching for something and have the result truly be a thorough search. But then the idea came…
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Learning From a Rat
If I had read that a scientist had been given a grant to study the habitats of mole rats, or their reproductive habits, or their longevity, I would have wondered at the wisdom of such a grant. I would have been very likely to criticize the grant giver for having too a narrow vision or…
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