Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #dependence
Most recents (3)
1/2 "Here, we demonstrate an increased survival of infected #honey #bee #larvae after their #queen was #vaccinated, compared to offspring of #control #queens (#placebo vaccinated)."
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
2/2 "These results indicate that #trans-#generational #immune #priming (#TGIP) in insects can be used to majorly enhance #colony #health, protect #commercial #pollinators from #deadly #diseases, and reduce high #financial and #material losses to #beekeepers"
1/2 "The idea came to be known as the “#butterfly #effect” after Lorenz suggested that the flap of a butterfly's wings might ultimately cause a tornado."
technologyreview.com/2011/02/22/196…
technologyreview.com/2011/02/22/196…
Discussions about #FreeSpeech are misguided in the information age.
Even before our voices are drowned out by the noise on social media, or overwritten by information combatants, we lose our agency and decision autonomy to manipulative complex systems we don’t fully understand.
Even before our voices are drowned out by the noise on social media, or overwritten by information combatants, we lose our agency and decision autonomy to manipulative complex systems we don’t fully understand.
The whole point of the #enlightenment, the scientific revolution, our educational and #epistemic institutions was to empower individuals to find a way out of their self-imposed #immaturity, to take #agency over their lives and make informed decisions.
We need #epistemic clarity about reality, for without it, our agency will be blunted & our freedom a charade
It is public-interest education, journalism & science that truly make individuals in a #democratic society free, not the right to cast a vote or to elect a representative
It is public-interest education, journalism & science that truly make individuals in a #democratic society free, not the right to cast a vote or to elect a representative
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Inviting giants like #Apple, #Samsung & #Foxconn to set up mobile phone manufacturing facilities in India could prove to be a double edged sword for well established Indian contract manufacturers like Dixon Technologies for various reasons. Key among these are....(contd)
Inviting giants like #Apple, #Samsung & #Foxconn to set up mobile phone manufacturing facilities in India could prove to be a double edged sword for well established Indian contract manufacturers like Dixon Technologies for various reasons. Key among these are....(contd)
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Key reasons for concern:
1. COST COMPETITIVENESS
Giant scale manufacturing could mean lower costs which in turn could increase cost competitiveness and reduce margins for existing manufacturers
#costcompetitiveness
Key reasons for concern:
1. COST COMPETITIVENESS
Giant scale manufacturing could mean lower costs which in turn could increase cost competitiveness and reduce margins for existing manufacturers
#costcompetitiveness
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2. "ATMA-NIRBHAR COMPETITION"
Government providing financial and policy help could encourage existing clientele to start their own distributed manufacturing hubs and control and future proof their supply chains
#AtmaNirbharBharat
2. "ATMA-NIRBHAR COMPETITION"
Government providing financial and policy help could encourage existing clientele to start their own distributed manufacturing hubs and control and future proof their supply chains
#AtmaNirbharBharat
