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Google's 'Social' Gmail: Could It Really Work? Posted at KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News Feb 9, 11:06 GMT Google's social networking component for Gmail will reportedly aggregate updates from friends into single tweet-like status updates. (Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/188830/googles_social_gmail_could_it_really_work.html) Also posted: Getting a Grip on Online Buzz An Early Warning System for Cancer Excommunication, Canadian style. Posted at MonkeyFilter Feb 9, 08:50 GMT Excommunication, Canadian style. [more inside] An experiment with strangers Posted at Bernie DeKoven, funsmith Feb 9, 06:40 GMT Comedian Mark Malkoff wanted to see if he could get people to carry him across Manhattan. To augment his reality, he used Twitter, and procured the services of a film crew. Ostensibly, his goal was to demonstrate that New Yorkers are a lot friendlier than their reputation. Regardless of anything else that one might conclude from watching his clip, there is something undeniably reassuring and most definitely touching about his [...] 85 ways to add magic to your world Posted at MonkeyFilter Feb 9, 03:10 GMT 85 ways to add magic to your world [more inside] Alvin Toffler, Jamais Cascio, and more weigh in on the “Next Big Thing” Posted at Renegade Futurist Feb 9, 00:35 GMT Foreign Policy magazine has opinions from several thinkers on the subject of the “Next Big Thing.” Foreign Policy: The Next Big Thing Highlights: Jamais Cascio: Resilience (Nothing terribly new, but worth while) Parag Khanna: Neomedieval (Don’t like the ‘neomedieval’ term, and I think it’s a better of description of how things really work now than as future speculation, but [...] Related posts: Also posted: Outlaw Biology Interview with Metafilter Founder Matt Haughey No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register Follow-up essay on why you shouldn’t go to grad school in the humanities Scientists identify first genetic variant linked to biological aging in humans Posted at KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News Feb 8, 14:03 GMT The risk of age-associated diseases including heart disease and some types of cancers are more closely related to biological rather than chronological age, European researchers have found, showing that telomere lengths depend on the presence of gene variants near a gene called TERC. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news184769662.html) Also posted: By tracking water molecules, physicists hope to unlock secrets of life U.S. Solar Market to Double in the Next Year Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal 'Synthetic Organisms,' Molecular Kill-Switch Included Parisian Love Picture of the day Found: Hawking's initials written into the universe Unplugged: Goodbye cables, hello energy beams Scientists make a leap in quantum computing Quantum photosynthesis You gotta love this! (Boomdeyada!) Posted at MonkeyFilter Feb 8, 10:00 GMT You gotta love this! (Boomdeyada!) Based on the comic based on the commercial, featuring an All Star Cast, kinda. [more inside]