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Levi Sumagaysay Levi Sumagaysay (2909 Posts)

Levi Sumagaysay is editor of the combined SiliconBeat and Good Morning Silicon Valley. She also blogs and is the online producer for SiliconValley.com, the Mercury News tech website. Email: lsumagaysay (at) mercurynews (dot-com).


Tech as problem-solver: On 3D-printed food, plus saving a baby’s life

Among the many things the tech industry has been criticized for — see today's Quoted — it has been blasted for its attitude that technology can solve all the world's ills. At Google I/O earlier this month, for Read More →

Quoted: Marc Andreessen talks tech, government and Silicon Valley’s mentality

"It's very possible for somebody to show up [in Silicon Valley]... and have had absolutely no exposure at all to politics, social issues, history. When the government shows up, it's bad news. They go, 'Oh , my God, government is Read More →

Off topic: Hoarding, beer class, misconceptions, Pope and atheists, hip-hop tour

Researchers try to understand why people hoard. Field trip to a pub! An economics course on beer and happiness. (via Freakonomics) Go ahead and eat before you swim, it won't give you cramps — that's from Read More →

News flash: People upset with Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer — this time it’s photographers

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer certainly has people paying attention: moms, telecommuters, Tumblr-heads and the rest of the tech world, of course. Now, professional photographers. "Today, with cameras as pervasive as they are there’s no such thing really as professional photographers. ... Read More →

Quoted: on the evolution and appeal of bitcoins

"The libertarians' zeal took Bitcoin from nothing to something, and then you had people that were attracted by the anonymous nature, who mostly use it for [illegal] online gambling. But the appeal of zero transaction costs is universal." — Read More →

Off topic: Emotionary, donated clothes, God and natural disasters, subway searching for love

Adrenaflate (to conflate adrenaline with love), inattextive (incessant phone use during social situations) and other words from the Emotionary, a place for "words that don't exist for feelings that do." Tracking textiles: what happens to your clothes after Read More →
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