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View Article  Follow Up on Blackboard - Already they are suing another learning company
Information here.

I'm not sure how much this lawsuit is based on a particular way of doing something - perhaps some code issues - or just a METHOD. 

Like Amazon's one-click patent - these type of patents are a travesty.  It's like patenting a walking path, getting from A to B.  As long as the code is not reused - (a lot of learning technology is based upon open specifications - look at IMS - so this type of patent is incredibly damaging to competition, in what is essentially a smaller enterprise market.

Now - how does this effect Integral?  Well, for one, there has been something launched at Integral Institute, called the Integral University.  While of course low on the totem pole - the broadness of the patents could conceivably put ANY online learning system in the crosshairs.


View Article  Ken Wilber's physical trauma
Here is the post from Ken Wilber's site.

I feel bad for Ken, but also, quite a bizarre type of accident - usually when there is that type of swelling, there is significant physical trauma.  I'm surprised Ken hasn't been checked out by a physician yet.

(Lastly - even in this state, Ken still has a sixpack - how does he manage that?)


View Article  An honest dangerous drug list?
Saw this from Mind Hacks.  

According to the list, alcohol is much more dangerous than, say LSD.