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- Thorn – Drive Tech Innovation to Fight Child Sexual Exploitation https://www.wearethorn.org/ 13 comments
- Crowdsourcing Austerity: New York University has found a way to make budget cuts and worker exploitation appear like “innovations” from below. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/08/nyu-tuition-sanders-clinton-debt-loans/ 3 comments politics
- We should remember that the key drivers of growth are science, education and innovation, not low taxes, lax regulations or greater exploitation of natural resources. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/opinion/campaign-stops/the-path-to-prosperity-is-blue.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share 1244 comments politics
- Texas Rangers offer exploitative $5,000 scholarship to college kids - To qualify for the scholarship, they ask applicants to create innovative new formulas for forecasting and projecting players; Rangers then own all rights to formulas, kids get a "chance" to win $5000 https://www.draysbay.com/2018/5/3/17316144/texas-rangers-offer-exploitative-5000-scholarship-to-college-kids?utm_campaign=draysbay&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter 187 comments baseball