[Mitworld] New: Yates on Crackberrys, Belenky on the Electoral College

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 2 | September 12, 2007
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[CRACKBERRYS:
 EXPLORING THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF WIRELESS EMAIL DEVICES]

SPEAKER:
JoAnne Yates
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management
Interim Deputy Dean, MIT Sloan


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/471/>

[QUOTE]
"Interactions among users contributes to the ratcheting upward of
expectations about availability, and then people feel obliged to be
available. This translates into addiction to the device."
--JoAnne Yates


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management <http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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[THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS:
 LOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, MATHEMATICS AND POLITICS]

SPEAKER:
Alexander S. Belenky
Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/472/>

[QUOTE]
"How come 538 people can represent or be authorized to vote for
president instead of 200 million voters? That's the question."
--Alexander Belenky


EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division <http://esd.mit.edu/>

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