Why American innovation will beat out China’s – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs

Sometime this year, the Chinese government will announce a new initiative to lure ten scientific superstars to research labs throughout China. The government hopes that if it offers a $23 million dollar award to Nobel Prize winners and other luminaries, they will relocate and raise the quality and prestige of Chinese research and development.

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It sure would be nice if the US had a friendlier policy for letting graduate-educated people immigrate permanently to the US (especially those its institutions trained!).

New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien Says ‘Foolish’ Students ‘Vote With Their Feelings’

In a recent speech, New Hampshire state House speaker William O’Brien called student voters foolish and implied that they only vote liberal because they lack life experience

Source: New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien Says ‘Foolish’ Students ‘Vote With Their Feelings’

RE: In states, parties clash over voting laws that would affect college students, others by Peter Wallsten

 

From comments:

I remember this coming up when I still lived at home–whether college students should vote in their legal residence or where they attended college. More broadly, how much of a role should a largely transient population play in local governance?

— anonymous

 

The term “transient” population is particularly interesting case here. As usual, I have more questions than answers:

  • Does the college town want to keep its graduates?
  • Would letting students vote locally encourage them to feel at home – to feel engaged with and interested in the community?
  • How long does someone need to stay somewhere before they are no longer considered “transient”?
  • Where should a transient person vote?
  • Why should students over the age of 18 be treated any differently from people with other occupations (such as contractors who will only be somewhere for 3-6 months)?
  • Even if the specific individuals are being changed out every 4-8 years, shouldn’t the student body as a whole have some voice in local politics in proportion to its size/population?

Facebook To Share Users’ Home Addresses, Phone Numbers With External Sites

Facebook will be moving forward with a controversial plan to give third-party developers and external websites the ability to access users’ home addresses and cellphone numbers in the face of criticism from privacy experts, users, and even congressmen.

Source: Facebook To Share Users’ Home Addresses, Phone Numbers With External Sites