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Medicare Crisis Spur |
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| At the same time that corporations are transforming themselves to deal with the threats and opportunities posed by the growing elder population, politicians and social planners are fretting over the problems they fear that this demographic tidal wave will create for pensions and for the healthcare system. |
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Where the Money Is |
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| Boomers are becoming the wealthiest and healthiest generation of older people in the history of the world. As they have aged, they haven"t stopped spending on themselves. Their total spending power per year surpasses $1 trillion, according to American Demographics. |
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Blogs Become Mainstr |
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| Consider this statistic: The term “Web log” was coined in December 1997. Today, some 35 million people read blogs. In other words, eight people have begun reading blogs, on average, every minute of every day for the past eight years. That’s one every seven-and-a-half seconds. And there appears to be no end in sight. |
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The Media Transforma |
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| To understand where we’re going, it helps to understand where we’ve been. If you bought a new car 10 years ago, it came standard with a cassette deck, but a CD player was a somewhat expensive option. If you buy a new car today, it comes standard with a high-end CD player, but a cassette tape deck is an expensive and almost useless option. The cassette tape, which revolutionized the way we listen to and share music with others, is dead. |
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빠르고 값싼 ‘인간 게놈’ - 인류의 |
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| 디지털의 영향력이 유전체학 분야보다 더욱 크게 미치는 곳은 없다. 대략 십여 년 동안 가격 대비 성능은 300만 배 향상되었으며 속도는 60,000배 빨라졌다. 그 어떤 분야도 이러한 발전에 견줄 수 없을 정도다. 현재 유전체학은 디지털과 만나 어디까지 발전했고, 그 미래는 어떠할까? |
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