Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future | Technology | The Observer

Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future | Technology | The Observer: "Take top thinkers from Silicon Valley and science, mix them with scientists, innovators and philanthro-capitalists, and you've got the Singularity University – on a mission to seek technological solutions to the world's great challenges"

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The Bravest Woman in Seattle by Eli Sanders - Seattle Features - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper

The Bravest Woman in Seattle by Eli Sanders - Seattle Features - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper: "The prosecutor wanted to know about window coverings. He asked: Which windows in the house on South Rose Street, the house where you woke up to him standing over you with a knife that night—which windows had curtains that blocked out the rest of the world and which did not?"

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How electrical brain stimulation can change the way we think - The Week

How electrical brain stimulation can change the way we think - The Week: "HAVE YOU EVER wanted to take a vacation from your own head? You could do it easily enough with liberal applications of alcohol or hallucinogens, but that's not the kind of vacation I'm talking about. What if you could take a very specific vacation only from the stuff that makes it painful to be you: the sneering inner monologue that insists you're not capable enough or smart enough or pretty enough, or whatever hideous narrative rides you."

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