The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market Autor, David H. Katz, Lawrence F. Kearney, Melissa S. "We show how a model of
The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market Autor, David H. Katz, Lawrence F. Kearney, Melissa S. "We show how a model of computerization in which computers most strongly complement the non-routine (abstract) cognitive tasks of high-wage jobs, directly substitute for the routine tasks found in many traditional...
Source: nber.org
Is patient satisfaction relevant? Plastic surgeons call for better rating tools: Patient satisfaction has become an important
Is patient satisfaction relevant? Plastic surgeons call for better rating tools: Patient satisfaction has become an important quality measure in the US healthcare system. But some plastic surgeons question the value of subjective patient satisfaction ratings -- suggesting that they might even lead to...
Source: eurekalert.org
Snapchat grows up: "Organizations that aren’t on Snapchat Discover will go beyond the experimental phase on Stories. The
Snapchat grows up: "Organizations that aren’t on Snapchat Discover will go beyond the experimental phase on Stories. The remaining skeptics won’t be for much longer."
Source: niemanlab.org
Time to pay up: "Websites and email newsletters will remain the two most important tools for independent news publishing
Time to pay up: "Websites and email newsletters will remain the two most important tools for independent news publishing and distribution, three decades running."
Source: niemanlab.org
Fake news gets solved: "Yes, there will always be dark and stupid places on the internet that are just out to make a buck
Fake news gets solved: "Yes, there will always be dark and stupid places on the internet that are just out to make a buck and that will always spread fake news. But most people won't want to go there and great companies won't want to play there."
Source: niemanlab.org
How Can We Empower Women to End Poverty?: “We’re the first generation of people who do really know what the cure for
How Can We Empower Women to End Poverty?: “We’re the first generation of people who do really know what the cure for poverty is. It eluded people for a long, long time. The cure for poverty has a name, in fact. It’s called the empowerment of women.” - Christopher Hitchens
Source: thelifeyoucansave.org
NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2016: Dear Readers, We are pleased to bring you our 2016 NEJM Journal
NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories of 2016: Dear Readers,
We are pleased to bring you our 2016 NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Top Stories. As usual, our list focuses on inpatient and intensive care topics that most of us see in our daily practice. We hope that you find this list...
Source: jwatch.org
2017 Is the Make-or-Break Year for Tesla’s Gigafactory: Finally the company’s lithium-ion batteries will start coming
2017 Is the Make-or-Break Year for Tesla’s Gigafactory: Finally the company’s lithium-ion batteries will start coming off the line. But will they juice Tesla’s fortunes?
Source: ieee.org
Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning: Supercharged hardware will speed up deep learning in everything from tiny devices
Expect Deeper and Cheaper Machine Learning: Supercharged hardware will speed up deep learning in everything from tiny devices to massive data centers
Source: ieee.org
NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry Top Stories of 2016: On behalf of the editors of NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry , I am pleased
NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry Top Stories of 2016: On behalf of the editors of NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry , I am pleased to present the Psychiatry Top Stories of 2016.
The selection of the 10 best stories was, as always, difficult, with more than 200 summaries published in the past year that inform...
Source: jwatch.org
Robotic Kiss Transmitter Lets You Smooch a Loved One From Afar
Robotic Kiss Transmitter Lets You Smooch a Loved One From Afar
Source: ieee.org
What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is
What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is no clear vision where to focus funding. The US has a good roadmap and wants to expand the workforce. The US is not going for general intelligence. "On October 12, 2016, President...
Source: digitopoly.org
AI improves publishing: "Robots will analyze complex editorial content of all lengths, and provide feedback to the humans
AI improves publishing: "Robots will analyze complex editorial content of all lengths, and provide feedback to the humans sitting behind the keyboard."
Source: niemanlab.org
The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the
The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the Trump Administration will be so disastrous for data freedom that it is literally moving (a copy) to Canada.
Source: extremetech.com
Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent
Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent on social media, use of multiple platforms is more strongly associated with depression and anxiety among young adults, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media,...
Source: eurekalert.org
Review question: Are action plans with brief education to help patients recognise and respond to worsening symptoms effective
Review question: Are action plans with brief education to help patients recognise and respond to worsening symptoms effective in COPD? | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org
Rise of the rebel journalist
"News is not journalism if what's being reported is only meant to extract value from communities as opposed to creating value within them."
Source: niemanlab.org
The battle for high-quality VR: "It's time to acknowledge that your audience does not need to see your every stumble on
The battle for high-quality VR: "It's time to acknowledge that your audience does not need to see your every stumble on the way to virtual reality greatness."
Source: niemanlab.org
Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Stamps Electronic Ink Onto a Surface: Novel approach could enable various electronics from sensors
Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Stamps Electronic Ink Onto a Surface: Novel approach could enable various electronics from sensors to displays on packaging
Source: ieee.org
Tiny Implantable "Microcoils" in the Brain Activate Neurons Via Magnetic Fields: Precise stimulation could be useful for
Tiny Implantable "Microcoils" in the Brain Activate Neurons Via Magnetic Fields: Precise stimulation could be useful for visual prosthetics or brain-computer interfaces
Source: ieee.org
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