Andrew Price

Freelance Writer, Fast Company, GOOD, The Atlantic

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Managing editor emeritus of GOOD. My work has also appeared in Fast Company and The Atlantic. Currently studying computer science and machine learning.

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Nice. Disney stealthily scraps the sexed-up version of Merida for the realer original: avc.lu/19xndLM Good work, internet.

Disney quietly kills its gussied up version of Merida, the Brave princess

avclub.com — Last week, in anticipation of her inauguration into Disney's pretty, pretty princess court, Merida, the heroine of the Disney/Pixar's Brave, got a pretty, pretty makeover. Gone was her quiver of arrows and charmingly ruddy complexion. The new Merida had boobs! And makeup! And was thinner!
As I Lay Dying trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=RWXI1M… I trust Franco with Faulkner more than I trust Luhrmann with Fitzgerald.

As I Lay Dying Official Trailer #1 (2013) - James Franco, Richard Jenkins Movie HD

youtube.com — Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 As I Lay Dying Official Trailer #1 (2013) - James Franco, Richard Jenkins Movie HD Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.
RT @nycjim: Big: Scientists create human stem cells through cloning; could eliminate need for human embryos. reut.rs/12AWFHu

Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

reuters.com — The result is a harvest of human embryonic stem cells, the seemingly magic cells capable of morphing into any of the 200-plus kinds that make up a person. The feat, reported on Wednesday in the journal Cell, could re-ignite the field of stem-cell medicine, which has been hobbled by technical challenges as well as ethical issues.

Tensnake - Bliss

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Patagonia Launches A Venture Fund For Environmentally Responsible Startups

fastcoexist.com — The next big environmentally minded startup may be funded by an unlikely source: Patagonia. The clothing giant recently decided to launch an internal venture fund, called $20 Million & Change, that will invest in startups working to make the world a better place via the clothing, food, water, energy, and waste industries.Patagonia has never been a traditional clothing company.

12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic

youtube.com — Check out more Red Bull Music Academy: http://redbullmusicacademy.com/ Listen to all the songs here! http://goo.gl/YFxOL In the latest film from Red Bull Music Academy, we turn our attention to DFA: the iconic NYC record label that got the indie kids to dance.
@tomstafford "Cognitive Dissonance" "Cognitive Distortions" "Brain Science Fiction" "Psych!" "Science, Oversimplified"
Though I'm not sure about the Lake Michigan metaphor. Raw processing power is not the limiting reagent right now.
.@kdrum does a nice job of fleshing out the argument I made several years ago. bit.ly/YQSKJc (Mine, BTW: bit.ly/14hqnSW)

Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please Don't Fire Us?

motherjones.com — This is a story about the future. Not the unhappy future, the one where climate change turns the planet into a cinder or we all die in a global nuclear war. This is the happy version. It's the one where computers keep getting smarter and smarter, and clever engineers keep building better and better robots.

The Scary Truth About America's Disappearing Middle Class

good.is — In a new report, MIT's David Autor ( PDF) looks at the shifting employment landscape in America and comes to this conclusion: America's workforce is splitting into high- and low-paying jobs. The middle-income demographic is disappearing. He calls it "the polarization of job opportunities." The chart below tells the story.
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