Category Archives: Sociology

The audacity of… wonder?

Posted on 6 December 2009 by dlhitzeman

Over the weekend, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted an interesting crowd-sourcing exercise wherein it challenged people to locate ten red balloons scattered across the United States and report their locations back to DARPA. A team led by … Continue reading →

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Political maps

Posted on 26 September 2008 by dlhitzeman

My favorite daily email, Very Short List, sends this link to one of the coolest political map sites I have ever seen. If you want to spend some time trying to figure out how people will vote in the upcoming election, this website is definitely a resource for your quest. I find the most interesting thing about the site is the obvious changes in demographics that have occurred with American voters since the 1840s. […] Continue reading →

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